Kampala, Uganda| GODFREY SSALI | The newly elected Member of Parliament for Kyadondo East in Wakiso district Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine is expected to take his oath of allegiance on Tuesday as he starts his legislative work in the 10th parliament. In the oath to be administered by the Clerk …
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Kampala, Uganda| APA | Uganda government has increased tax levied on import of selected drugs including paracetamol, by pharmaceutical companies, from 2 percent to 12 percent. According to Uganda’s ministry of health the move which became effective August 1 , seeks to protect the locally made medicine from being out competed …
Read More »Fleet-footed Uganda She Pearls leave Botswana girls in tears
Uganda ?? 46 – Botswana ?? 42 Tuesday Uganda vs Cook Islands 10am Botswana vs Jamaica Gabarone, Botswana| THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Uganda’s She Pearls overcome a false start and a partisan crowd to beat Botswana in a hard-fought Netball World Youth Cup game at the UB Indoor Sports Arena on Monday. Botswana, who started in …
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UPDATE– Netball World Youth Cup FT- Uganda ?? 46 – Botswana ?? 42 Gabarone, Botswana| THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Uganda’s She Pearls will come up against a high flying and unbeaten Botswana Under 21 side as the Netball World Youth Cup enters day 3 in Gabarone on Monday. LIVE #NWYC2017 LIVE! | Botswana v …
Read More »ARTS: Mayanja’s soot art excites
Common tadooba candle inspirations form avant garde mixed media exhibition Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Experimental artist Weazher Mayanja has evolved another new technique. The Kyambogo University don is this time using soot from tadooba candle flames on canvas to create captivating art forms. In an ongoing exhibition at …
Read More »OBITUARY: Ssebaana Kizito (1934-2017)
Ssebaana Kizito: Born at right time, dead at wrong time Kampala, Uganda | ANDREW S. KAGGWA | THE political will he left for the country may have been contained in one of the last interviews he gave to a local TV station a few weeks before his death. “Leaders should …
Read More »Botswana stands in Uganda’s way at Netball World Youth Cup
Today – Netball World Youth Cup Uganda ?? vs Botswana ?? 3pm LIVE! | Botswana v Uganda | #NWYC2017 https://t.co/B51mlgTxMG — INF (@IntNetball) July 10, 2017 Pool C results & teams Jamaica 43 Cook Islands 41 Botswana 72 Malaysia 26 Cook Islands 41 Botswana 50 Uganda …
Read More »COVER STORY: Bobi Wine’s win
Bobi Wine’s win; whose victory is it? Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | The man standing on top the cream SUV, surrounded by a shouting crowd of excited supporters was wearing a sky-blue slim-cut suit of the type that was trending until recently. He matched it with a slim- tie …
Read More »Strike looms in Ugandan courts
Insiders say lack of prosecutors will paralyse justice system Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Prossy Ayebare was recruited as a state prosecutor in 1999 and has since never been promoted. In the last 18 years, her salary has only been doubled—when she started, she was earning Shs270, 000. She …
Read More »Mukwaya visits West Uganda, says women’s fund UWEP starting to bear fruits
Kisoro, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT | Gender Minister Hajat Janat Mukwaya has said the fruits of the Uganda Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) are begining to show countrywide, with more groups making big strides in fighting poverty in Uganda. Minister Mukwaya alongside the Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana and the Programme line managers are …
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