Why shifting task from doctors to nurses without a policy should end Kampala, Uganda | HENRY ZAKUMUMPA | In the years after the “slim disease” or HIV was first recognised in southwestern Uganda in 1982, access to treatment was for a privileged few. At the time, only a handful of …
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Pandemic widens education gap as it impacts rural and disadvantaged children further Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The scene looks like a typical telephone call centre. Women and men sit before computers, headsets pinned to their ears, mouth-pieces ready and light projectors dangling from the ceiling. But this is …
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Uganda’s Police bosses can hide but cannot escape, say human rights watchers Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Human rights lawyers and activists want the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to take interest in the recent acts of violence by agents of security forces, especially the police. Isaac Semakadde, …
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COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru | It is high time that Presidential candidates sign an Election Peace Pact with the objective of securing a peaceful General Election due next month. Given the escalating circumstances, formal and informal institutions including: the heads of Government organs such as Judiciary, Parliament and the Executive, must …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has joined other National Resistance Movement-NRM leaders to eulogize fallen Muslim cleric, Nuhu Muzaata. Muzaata breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the International Hospital Kampala on Friday afternoon. Speaking to journalists at the sideline of Museveni’s third campaign …
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📌 #WorldAthleticsAwards 2020 Male athlete of year ✳ 2020 • Duplantis 🇸🇪 Female athlete of year ✳ 2020 • Rojas 🇻🇪 📌 The other award winners ✳ Member Federations Award Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (Polish Athletics Association) ✳ Covid Inspiration Award Ultimate Garden Clash, an original idea by Renaud Lavillenie ✳ President’s Award Tommie Smith, …
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LIVE 📌 World Athletics Awards 6pm TODAY ✳ Contenders • Cheptegei 🇺🇬 • Crouser 🇺🇸 • Duplantis 🇸🇪 • Vetter 🇩🇪 • Warholm 🇳🇴 • Gidey 🇪🇹 • Hassan 🇳🇱 • Jepchirchir 🇰🇪 • Rojas 🇻🇪 • Herah 🇯🇲 Monaco, Principality of Monaco | THE INDEPENDENT | The world’s best athletes will …
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📌 World Athletics Awards 6pm TODAY ✳ Contenders • Cheptegei 🇺🇬 • Crouser 🇺🇸 • Duplantis 🇸🇪 • Vetter 🇩🇪 • Warholm 🇳🇴 • Gidey 🇪🇹 • Hassan 🇳🇱 • Jepchirchir 🇰🇪 • Rojas 🇻🇪 • Herah 🇯🇲 Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge has acknowledged Joshua Cheptegei as the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Where is Ochola, Sabiiti as police unleash terror?: They can hide but cannot escape, say human rights watchers THE LAST WORD Bobi Wine’s roaring campaign: The things Museveni needs to look at as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank spells a gloomy picture of Uganda’s economy this year, urging the government to mind its spending plans and increase the domestic revenue mobilization. The 16th Uganda Economic Update shows that Uganda’s economy will contract by 1 percent in the calendar year 2020, …
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