Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Recent and current global occurrences have made the corporate world a more uncertain space for managers, calling on them to embrace change in all forms. Over the last five years, the world has experienced the global pandemic Covid-19, an armed conflict between rich nations: …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Christian University (UCU) Mukono has launched its PhD in Journalism, Media and Communication. This comes after the National Council For Higher Education (NHCE) accredited the programme, having been satisfied that the UCU School of Journalism, Media and Communication met all the requirements to …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has donated vaccines and equipment valued at over US$1 million to combat animal diseases in the Karamoja region. The donation includes 300,000 doses of Foot and Mouth Disease vaccines for cattle and other large ruminants, 140,000 doses for small …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Executives from Uganda’s insurers have reaffirmed their commitment to working together to advance and expand the insurance industry. This collective dedication to industry growth was underscored during the CEOs Breakfast Meeting hosted by the Uganda Insurers Association (UIA) at Serena Hotel in Kampala. …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has summoned a National Resistance Movement– NRM Parliamentary Caucus meeting, set for Thursday, September 28th, 2023, at State House, Entebbe. An invitation letter, authored by Denis Hamson Obua, the Government Chief Whip and Chairperson of the NRM Parliamentary Caucus, has …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government, led by President Yoweri Museveni, has issued an apology to the family of a 71-year-old man who lost his life in an accident at the collapsed section of the Kabale-Kisoro road in Rubanda district. The road section collapsed on May 4, 2023, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Shadow Cabinet has described the Bi-Annual Performance Reports by the Inspectorate of Government– IG to Parliament as ‘abysmal’ and disproportionate compared to the funding appropriated to it by Parliament. This comes a few days after the IGG, Beti Kamya Turwomwe submitted a 74-page performance …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court registrars have raised concern about the lack of respect from their fellow judicial officers at their respective stations. They conveyed these concerns through Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Siu during an ongoing four-day induction for recently appointed registrars, deputies, and assistant registrars at Collin …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Businesswoman, Shamim Bitariho, has been handed one year and six months in jail after pleading guilty to stealing a motor vehicle belonging to Kigezi Diocese at the burial of the late Apollo Nyegamahe alias Aponye in Rukiga district. Batariro, a resident of Ruhinja village …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Constitutional Court, seeking a temporary injunction to halt the activities involving the Kabaka of Buganda Kingdom, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, and his agents. These activities include mass settlers’ registration and the collection of ground rent (Busuulu Collections). In his …
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