Directorate of Water Resources hosts first Water and Environment week Entebbe, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | For one week in mid-March, the grounds of the Directorate of Water Resources Management in Entebbe was a beehive of activity as ordinary people mingled with water professional and experts to mull over the …
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But the public debt has increased by 9.4% to hit Shs 37.9trillion Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s optimism in the first quarter of the Financial Year 2017/18 has been replaced with fear of a slow growing economy. The Central Bank’s latest quarterly report dubbed ‘State of the Economy’ …
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Jerusalem, Undefined | AFP | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday suspended a resettlement deal for African migrants faced with deportation, just hours after his office had announced the agreement with the UN refugee agency. “I’ve decided to suspend implementation of this accord and to rethink the terms of the …
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Details of Museveni meeting Blow-by-blow account of fight wrecking central Bank Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, 69, the Governor and his Deputy, Louis Kasekende, 59, have until recently been seen as major pillars of Bank of Uganda (BoU). One has been credited for building the foundations …
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Trump to suspend duty-free apparel imports from Rwanda, spares Uganda and Kenya Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump suspended the duty-free status of Rwanda’s apparel after finding the African nation unfairly blocked US exports of used clothing (commonly known as Mivumba), officials announced Thursday. However, the …
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Museveni assures Crime Preventers on their status, hails Kayihura Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has assured Crime Preventers in the country that they will maintain their duties as they are now regarded as a Reserve Army of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). “A few weeks …
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#Blog4Dev: Three Winners to join Uganda delegation to IMF, World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC KAMPALA | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has announced the Ugandan winners of its annual #Blog4Dev youth essay competition. The three winners are Tendo Namata, 26 ; Helda Mary Akongo, 24 and Douglas Dubois …
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Hepatitis B Vaccine: Experts say it is tip of huge trade in fake drugs in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | More Ugandans are infected with Hepatitis B than HIV, the virus which causes the dreaded AIDS. And both infections are spread the same way – through blood and other …
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Documents leak in Bagyenda, Mutebile fight Kampala, Uganda |HAGGAI MATSIKO | An unprecedented revolt which happened recently at Bank of Uganda against the Governor Tumusiime Mutebile, has led to a spilling of the central bank’s darkest secrets and could potentially damage its reputation and hurt the economy. At its centre …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda President Paul Kagame has arrived in Uganda for a one-day working visit. The African Union chairman moved straight into a closed meeting with his host, President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe. The meeting is a follow up on the Addis Ababa talks of …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
