Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Engineers and Physical Infrastructure specialists have welcomed a move to widen Uganda’s road reserves from the current 15 to 40 meters. They say that wide reserves are important for the future development of Uganda’s road infrastructure. The nod comes amid the discussion of a draft …
Read More »Mak council delays face-off with education committee
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Council, the Supreme body of the University has asked for more time before facing off with the education committee of Parliament. Members of the University Council and management were expected to appear before the committee yesterday, to respond to concerns about the state …
Read More »Makerere University council quashes probe on suspended staff
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An emergency meeting of the Makerere University Council, a supreme governing organ of the University has rejected the committees established to investigate matters arising out of staff suspensions over conflict of interest. The meeting directed that the probe committees halt their operations and hand over …
Read More »Commercial Court locks up SH1.3 trillion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least sh1.3 trillion is locked up in disputes before the Commercial court, URN has learnt. They include disputes of insurance, banking, and transportation. Only cases with a value that is more than sh50 million end up before the Commercial Division of High …
Read More »Uganda budget 2019-20 will jump to Sh34.3 trillion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sh 34.3 trillion is the resource envelope for financial year 2019/2020, up by Sh 2 trillion from the current financial year. Of the Sh 34.3 trillion, domestic revenue collections are expected to generate Sh 18.3 trillion, according to National Budget Framework Paper. The economy itself …
Read More »Agriculture committee plans meeting with President over sector concerns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Agriculture Committee is planning a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni to deliberate and forge a way forward on a range of critical issues, which they say are holding back the fortunes of the sector and hindering the country’s economic growth. Speaking recently at …
Read More »Kyambogo University to invest in student hostels
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyambogo University is planning to enter into Public Private Partnership (PPP) to construct students’ hostels. Appearing before the Parliament’s Education Committee chaired by Pallisa County MP Jacob Opolot, the University Secretary Charles Okello said that the University Council had approved a Resource Mobilization and …
Read More »Spurs title chances hit by Wolves defeat
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Tottenham’s Premier League title hopes took a major hit on Saturday when Wolves beat them 3-1 at Wembley to end their winning run. Spurs took the lead with a Harry Kane pile-driver in the first half but the visitors staged a ferocious comeback through …
Read More »Sisi denies taunting overweight Egyptians
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday denied taunting overweight Egyptians after drawing criticism over comments he made about the country’s bulging waistlines. While inaugurating new health projects on December 15, Sisi called on Egyptians to lose weight and exercise more in a televised speech that …
Read More »Sex abuse claims brought against 700 Catholic clergy in Illinois
Chicago, United States | AFP | Almost 700 clergymen in Illinois have been accused of child sexual assault, a far greater number than the Catholic Church had previously disclosed, the Midwestern US state’s top prosecutor revealed Wednesday. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said the Church’s revelations that 185 clergy members …
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