Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Spokesman Ofwono Opondo has called for calm as fears of violence rose on the eve of Friday’s National Resistance Movement NRM party primaries. “My appeal to NRM members is that shame the naysayers by conducting free and fair elections,” he said hours to …
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‘Elimination of polio virus is testimony that vaccines work’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Dr. Alfred Driwale, the programme manager of the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization in the Ministry of Health was probably one of the happiest people on Aug. 25 when the World Health Organization (WHO) …
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Founder and project lead for AirQo explains why it works for African cities | THE INDEPENDENT | In Uganda, even though air pollution is a big challenge in parts of the country, there is hardly any air quality monitoring. Engineer Bainomugisha – along with other scientists at Makerere University – …
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Pundits offer party ideas on 2021 elections and Besigye’s Plan B Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s biggest opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) will have a weak candidate on the presidency ballot in 2021, according to pundits who have spoken to The Independent. The comments followed party …
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From July 2021, Kiira Motors Corp is to begin production on 5,000 electric buses and other EVs a year, according to the CEO Paul Isaac Musasizi in an interview published by Clean Technica of Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai. | THE INDEPENDENT | Production will start as soon as the production facility …
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Fear rising of another lockdown COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has reported the highest percentage increase in the new coronavirus disease (COVID 19) in Africa, according to the Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) released on Aug.26. It is the second …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With just hours left to the 2020 virtual Rotary Cancer Run, Buganda Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga, has pledged his participation in the virtual Rotary Cancer Run to be held on the 30th of August 2020. The Cancer run has for the past 9 years …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda has fastest COVID rate in Africa: Fear rising of another lockdown THE LAST WORD Behind the coup in Mali: The things that democracy (and pseudo democracy) evangelists need to know about freedom …
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Experts define outlook for the sector amidst COVID-19 pandemic Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | What is the future of agribusiness given the prevailing effects brought about by coronavirus pandemic? How can agribusiness enterprises weather these effects and remain profitable while contributing growth of the economy? These are some of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Since its establishment in 2011, the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) has overseen the growth of the retirement benefits sector which, as at end of 2019, contributed 10.3% of Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The sector remains vibrant with an average annual growth rate …
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