Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has dismissed reports of ghost groups and missing funds in the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) and the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP). The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Pius Bigirimana, who also doubles as the ministry’s accounting officer, …
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KCCA, WFP concerned as number of children without food grows from 13.5% to 18% Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | More people are going hungry in Kampala district; home of the nation’s capital. This is odd because Kampala is the center of the richest people in Uganda. But as many …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has a new bridge, after a 14-year wait. The new bridge, officially called the Source of the Nile Bridge, is expected to relieve the old Owen Falls Bridge in the same area, which was commissioned in 1954 and is well past its lifespan of …
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The real story behind Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E. NANTABA | Events that led Jennifer Musisi, the Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to offer to resign appear to have climaxed on Oct. 05. But when The Independent interviewed her soon after she announced her resignation, Musisi insisted on …
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Why 30 years later, we should not condemn but sympathise with the president’s fanciful and failed dreams THE LAST WORD | ANDREW MWENDA | Last week someone sent me a video of President Yoweri Museveni speaking on December 22, 1988. In it, the President who was just two years in …
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Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | As the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 168, Uganda continued to be on full alert, stepping up surveillance after announcing that tests had shown that the epidemic had not crossed the border. The World Health Organisation (WHO) team in Kasese, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. Features, news analysis. COVER STORY Musisi walks-out: The real story ANALYSIS Musisi’s resignation and the fate of CEOs: How Museveni’s meddling complicates hiring and work THE LAST WORD Museveni’s forgotten railway unit: Why 30 …
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THIS WEEK: LGBT Agenda banned at IPU meet Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators meeting in Geneva have voted to ban debate on the subject of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) at the Inter Parliamentary Union ever again. The Ugandan delegation led by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga led the move …
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THIS WEEK: City Oilers set new record in Ugandan basketball Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The enduring success of the City Oilers basketball team has given the Ugandan sports fraternity a new dimension. Last week, City Oilers won their sixth successive National Basketball League title when they defeated Betway Power …
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THIS WEEK: UPDF criticised over cover up in city abduction Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There has been sharp criticism towards the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) for the summary trial of the four armed men who were captured on video abducting Yusuf Kawooya, a member of the Democratic Party …
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