Protecting health workers key to Universal Health Coverage 🟥 18 graded emergencies in multiple African countries ✳ Anthrax in 3 countries ✳ Cholera in 15 countries ✳ Dengue in 11 countries ✳ Diphtheria in 1 country, ✳ Marburg in 1 country, ✳ Mpox in 14 countries, ✳ Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 2 …
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Inside Uganda’ s social media disinformation campaigns COVER STORY | As Uganda edges closer to yet another election cycle in 2026, The Independent’s RONALD MUSOKE revisits one of the most controversial government decisions during election campaigns; the January 13, 2021 ban on Meta’s platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and You Tube on …
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The $300 million JP Magufuli Bridge on Lake Victoria will provide a crucial link between Tanzania and neighboring Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi Entebbe, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & AGENCIES | Tanzania has this week completed construction of East Africa’s longest bridge built across the gulf of Mwanza. The new bridge forms …
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TRIBUTE | HARRY SAGARA | Oh, Ona… where do I even begin? The world of journalism has lost a true giant, and as I sit here reflecting on your legacy, I can’t help but chuckle through my tears. Ona was more than just a colleague; he was a mentor, a …
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NSSF aims to create more jobs and make saving a way of life ✳ Year – Interest 2012 ✅10.00% 2013 ✅11.23% 2014 ✅11.50% 2015 ✅13.00% 2016 ✅12.30% 2017 ✅11.23% 2018 ✅ 15% 2019 ✅ 11% 2020 ✅ 10.75% 2021 ✅ 12.15% 2022 ✅ 09.65% 2023 ✅ 10.00% 2024 ✅ …
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It is important for people in Tororo to know that the counties of West Budama and Tororo no longer exist in the laws of Uganda. COMMENT | THOMAS OKOTH-NYALULU | I have watched my daughter, Hon. Sarah Opendi’s interview with the Uganda Catholic Television on the current situation in Tororo in …
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Atlanta, US | CNN & AGENCIES | Kamala Harris’ joyful campaign will Tuesday be hit by the blunt force of reality — a debate with Donald Trump — the most menacing political foe of modern times. The vice president transformed the 2024 election after President Joe Biden’s abject debate showing against …
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Bulange, Mengo | LOUIS JADWONG | The Prime Minister (Katikkiro) of Buganda Kingdom Charles Peter Mayiga, has said government has no business getting directly involved in managing the coffee sector, and warned of ill-advised plans to phase out the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). The Katikkiro told coffee stake holders, led …
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⚽ RESULT South Africa 🇿🇦 2 Uganda 🇺🇬 2 Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Two thunderous strikes gave Uganda Cranes a point, as South Africa’s Bafana Bafana rallied on their home ground Orlando Stadium on Friday South Africa took the lead in the first half of the Group K match …
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Grimes, especially, subjugated timidity, ignorance and lack of exposure out of me. If the Grimesian spirit so still dwells in me who was only a teacher on the Namasagali staff, I guess it must dwell even much more in his former students EULOGY | Alfred Geresom Musamali | By refusing to …
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