ANALYSIS | BAKER BATTE | On January 26 this year, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni told a National Resistance Movement party gathering also attended by senior government officials gathered at Kololo Ceremonial grounds to mark 36 years ever since his party came to power, that Uganda will attain the lower middle-income …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The latest report compiled by Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU), shared to police headquarter, shows 291 guns have been recovered and 393 warriors killed so far in the ongoing forceful disarmament exercise in Karamoja sub-region. President Yoweri Museveni ordered the relaunch of offensive disarmament operations …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslims in Uganda should obey NRM government if they want to access key positions in public service, according to Kayunga Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Al-Hajji Nsereko Mutumba. Speaking at a congratulatory party of Hajjat Ahmed Saba, who has been appointed director for human resource …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Insurance is a vital aspect of society and investors in Uganda’s Oil and gas sector will require some form of insurance against unforeseen risks. As the oil and gas sector shifts into the development stage, some are predicting that the insurance sector will emerge …
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Lessons for Uganda’s opposition from the repositioning of the National Front, France’s far-right party THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M MWENDA | On February 8, 2022, BBC’s Steven Sucker hosted Marine Le Pen on the Hardtalk program. Le Pen is the leader of the National Front (FN), a right-wing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The traffic police have cautioned boda boda riders against using northern bypass flyovers because they have increasingly become death traps. Farida Nampiima, the traffic police spokesperson, explains that boda boda riders who use the upper part of northern bypass have increasingly become victims of …
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Uganda 3 Burundi 1 Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s National Women’s Football team has won the CECAFA Senior Championship after defeating Burundi 3-1 in the final of the tournament staged at FUFA Technical Center, Njeru. In front of thousands of fans who gathered in Njeru to cheer the …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire investigators have established that dormitories burnt at two separate schools last week in Wakiso district were set ablaze by primary four and primary seven pupils. It started with fire at Young Elite School in Kasokoso, Kira Municipality where a dormitory was burnt in afternoon …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two years since Uganda joined the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) it is yet to meet one of the most critical provisions of the initiative, that is disclosure of details of Production Sharing Agreements. EITI is an international initiative aimed at enhancing transparency in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the Justice, Law, and Order Sector-JLOS house has commenced at Naguru. Two contractors, Seyani Brothers Limited and Semion Uganda Limited are undertaking the construction of the over 256.5 billion Shillings facility on 5 acres of land along Katalima Road. The construction shall …
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