LIVE: Raila Odinga on NASA’s next move Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Raila Odinga has announced that the NASA Coalition will take their elections dispute to the Kenya Supreme Court. “We have now decided to move to the Supreme Court and lay before the world the making of a computer generated leadership,” he told …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Directorate of Public Prosecution refutes allegations by one of the complainants in a forgery case against Lwengo District Woman MP Cissy Namujju, that this case was withdrawn from Masaka Chief Magistrate Court without his knowledge. The development follows a letter dated August 10th, 2017 …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Three Government Ministers have been dragged to the Constitutional court for failure to provide sign language interpretation services to public and private Health facilities. Initiative for Social and Economic Rights, The Uganda National Association of the Deaf, together two people with hearing impairments; Wasswa Ronald …
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S.Africa police decline to reveal if Grace Mugabe has fled Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South African police Wednesday said they knew the whereabouts of Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe, who faces accusations of assault, but declined to say if she had fled the country. The 52-year-old wife of …
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V Study will involve 250 female participants from different parts of the country Kampala, Uganda |FLAVIA NASSAKA| Makerere University scientists working on finding effective treatment for HIV/AIDS are marking another milestone with the start of trial of injectable Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. In a joint project with scientists from the Johns-Hopkins …
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Lusaka, Zambia | AFP | Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was released from prison Wednesday and treason charges against him were dropped, his party said shortly before his trial was to begin in Lusaka. “Hakainde Hichilema and his 5 co-accused have been released from prison with the treason charge dropped,” …
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Kampala, Uganda | PPU | President Yoweri Museveni has thanked Ugandans for fighting for democracy and also for choosing a government that can ensure peace and security. The President, who was speaking to Catholic pilgrims during the Mass at Our Lady, Queen of Peace Kiwamirembe Catholic Shrine in Lweza Parish, Wakiso district, …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | dfcu Bank has posted Shs 114 bn for the first half of this year up from Shs 23bn in the same period last year, according to its interim consolidated financial results released August 15, 2017. According to a notice issued on Tuesday, top management attributed …
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Staying Alive 5: (re)viewed UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING ALIVE – that documents the journey of Uganda Cancer Institute …
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Staying Alive 2: Very Important People and Very Important Objects UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING ALIVE – that documents …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
