Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen in the Albertine Graben are demanding involvement in the oil and gas sector. They argue that despite the improvement of various sectors like roads, Health facilities and Education, the fishing communities have been abandoned. Currently, the government and oil companies are implementing several infrastructures …
Read More »COMMENT: Museveni shouldn’t limit alternative leaders
By denying the opposition space as his power retention strategy, the President normalises the abnormal COMMENT | Betty Aol Ochan | The opposition, generally speaking, is a government in waiting. And true to that, in democratic societies, tables often turn with the opposition taking over power and those in power becoming …
Read More »Speaker hails China for support towards digital migration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has hailed the Chinese government for supporting digital migration in Uganda. Kadaga said China through StarTimes, a digital TV service provider, have extended coverage to many parts of the country averting a situation where Ugandans would not be watching …
Read More »Andrew Stewart Tamale; East Africa’s freestyle football champion
Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | Andrew Stewart Tamale, also known as Andy Skillz, is a 22 year old freestyle footballer who reigns as two time East African free style champion. Freestyle football is a sport in which athletes compete to perform various tricks using a football. The game remains …
Read More »MPs reject sh250 billion for Namave land
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Finance Committee have rejected a request of sh250 billion by the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to purchase 446 acres of land in Namanve. The land is intended to help expand the Kampala Industrial Business Park. Led by the …
Read More »Babies born to mums with HIV face higher risks even though they’re HIV negative
Kampala, Uganda | AMY SLOGROVE, KATHLEEN M. POWIS & MARY-ANN DAVIES | One of the most remarkable public health successes of the last decade in southern Africa has been the reduction in the number of babies born with HIV. This was achieved through the provision of antiretroviral therapy to pregnant and …
Read More »MPs reject UBOS proposal to conduct census in 2022
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Finance Committee have rejected a proposal by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) to conduct a National Census in 2022. The last national household and population census was carried out in 2014 and the custom is to hold …
Read More »Lwakataka remanded for malicious damage
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former rally ace, Ponsiano Lwakataka has been remanded to Kawuga prison in Mukono district for malicious damage to property in Kiwanga Lwanda village in Mukono municipality. He was dragged before the Mukono Grade one magistrate’s court on Tuesday afternoon. However, the Mukono Grade one magistrate, Patience …
Read More »Petitioners ask Supreme Court to nullify Age Limit law
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Petitioners in the consolidated Age Limit Appeal have asked the Supreme Court to restore the age limit clauses in the Ugandan constitution, saying they were illegally removed. They are Male Mabirizi, six opposition members of parliament and Uganda Law Society. They ran to …
Read More »Busoga leaders asked to work collectively to improve education standards
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in the Busoga region have been asked to work collectively and improve Universal Primary Education-UPE in the region other than wait for government intervention. The call was made by the chairperson of Busoga Education Initiative (BEI), Dr Agnes Kadama at a five-day meeting aimed …
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