Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | MTN Uganda’s Non-Executive Directors have proven themselves to be a class apart in leading organizations as they won several awards in recognition of their contribution towards the growth of businesses, organisations and communities. Mr George Egaddu, the chairperson of MTN Uganda Foundation won the Lifetime …
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Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda spends shillings 980 billion in caring for people living with HIV annually, according to the Uganda AIDS Commission. Dr. Nelson Musoba, Director General of the Uganda AIDS Commission says that out of the total, shillings 700,000 is used to care for each victim per …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has nullified section 168 (1) (c and d) of the Penal Code Act that creates an offence commonly known as being Idle and disorderly. In a lead judgment written by Justice Fredrick Egonda Ntende, the five-judge panel held unanimously that the law …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union under the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa has today awarded three organisations grants totaling to 4.6 billion shillings to skill refugees and host communities in West Nile & Kiryadongo. Recipients include; Edukans Education Services, Windle International and Welthungerhilfe. The funds …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The neonatal unit at Mbarara regional referral hospital is struggling with staffing gaps, which affects service delivery especially care for premature babies. The unit and the referral hospital in general serve patients from districts in Uganda and the neighboring Rwanda, and Tanzania. There are currently …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, has instructed the House Committee on Finance, scrutinizing the Microfinance Deposit-Taking Institutions (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to ensure inclusion of laws that protect members of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs). The Speaker gave the directive during the plenary sitting on Thursday, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators plying the Entebbe Expressway have regularized their status and formed an association to improve their services and handle common challenges. The operators who use omnibuses popularly known as drones, met the Works and Transport State Minister, Fred Byamukama on Wednesday. Peter Kaggwa, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | Statistics body, Uganda Bureau of Statistics said it will use sports as one of the avenues to help it popularize the forthcoming housing and population census in August 2023. Sport is a uniting factor in Uganda. Whereas Uganda is a very disunited country, when …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi, has told MPs that the Ministry of Finance is in the process of streamlining tax incentives to ensure their effective implementation. Ggoobi was on Thursday appearing before Parliament’s Finance Committee together with the Minister of State for Planning, Amos …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Board of Aldermen, the legislative body for the City of St. Louis, Missouri in the US has paid a memorial tribute to former Speaker of Parliament, Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah, who died in March this year. The Board recognized Oulanyah, who was also Omoro County …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
