Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposed National Health Insurance scheme has generated mixed from members of the public in Mbale. The National Health Insurance Scheme Bill 2019 has an ultimate goal of introducing Universal health care to improve health outcomes and expand access to essential health care services for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority – UNRA is impressed by the ongoing construction works on the critical oil roads in the Albertine graben. Eng. Christopher Manyindo, the Head of road development at Uganda National Roads Authority while monitoring the construction works on Wednesday evening with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Organisers of the third annual Acholi cultural festival are struggling to raise funds for the event. The Acholi cultural institution selected Kitgum district to host this year’s festival scheduled for December 12-14th under the theme “My heritage, my strength”. With just a month left …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 19% of the population have the appropriate recommended pit latrines. This is according to the Ministry of Health. According to World Health Organisation- WHO, a safe toilet or latrine is that whose design, construction, management and use is arranged so that users are …
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Why the President ill-advised intercourse with the kiwempe balokole old-guard portends an anticlimax COMMENT | MATSIKO GODWIN MUHWEZI | It is an open secret that the laws of Uganda and its attendant machinery and political machinations are designed to give incumbents a head-start in electioneering. Any politician trying to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Association of Principals of Health Training Institutions of Uganda-APHTIU is pushing for a review of the outdated teaching curriculum to meet the current challenges of the profession. The principals and tutors of both public and private health institutions from across the country at …
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Paris, France | AFP | Ethiopia’s construction of a massive power dam on the Blue Nile is raising tensions with Egypt, which depends on the river for 90 percent of its water supply. As the neighbours and Sudan met in Washington Wednesday for mediated talks on the potential conflict flashpoint, here …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Vice-Chancellor, Barnabas Nawangwe has told Parliamentary committee on education to explore new funding options for the University. Nawangwe was on Tuesday appearing alongside Makerere University Management and University Council led by chairperson Lorna Magara to answer to the queries related to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Buvuma district have started a drive to reclaim the Lake Victoria buffer zone which had been taken over by encroachers. The buffer zone today is characterized by semi-permanent structures, buildings, farms and forests. The campaign targeting about 20 landing sites has started …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The global Chief Executive Officer of international NGO, AMREF Africa, Dr. Gitahi Githinji, has called for legislation on fast foods and sugar if Uganda is to tackle the growing public health threat of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). He said recent statistics are showing that globally …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
