Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Equatorial Guinean Minister of Energy Gabriel Mbaga Obiang has urged Uganda to stick to its oil and gas plans because they were “the best one can find anywhere in the world.” Uganda has said over the years that it will use its only …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government-IG is investigating allegations of irregular staff recruitments at Kyotera district local government. The Investigations stem from reports of rampant corruption and favoritism in the recent staff recruitment. Kyotera District Service Commission officials are on the spot for allegedly soliciting bribes …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has taken over the funeral arrangements for Mary Luwum, the widow of former Archbishop Janani Luwum. Mary Luwum, who passed on yesterday after a battle with cancer, will be laid to rest in Kitgum district next week, Thursday, August 15. The relatives, together …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has commenced on the search for a new prosecutor as the term of the current chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda will expire on 15 June 2021. Fatou Bensouda is serving her second tenure in office after assuming office on June …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five children are admitted each day in Acute Care Unit of Mulago National Referral hospital with convulsions and anemia resulting from malaria infection. Dr. Richard Idro, a Pediatrician in the Unit, says this situation is unlike weeks ago when they were registering four to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Medical Association-UMA the umbrella body of medical workers in the country wants government to centralize the recruitment of health workers. Currently, medical workers deployed to lower health facilities are recruited by respective District Service Commissions. The Health Service Commission only handles recruitment …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commission of Inquiry into land matters has started investigating circumstances under which the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces occupied part of Barifa Forest in Arua District. The land has been under controversy since 2010 when it was first occupied by Gen Salim Saleh, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | United Nation agency for women – UN Women will inject 370 million shillings to support women in Uganda. The support will be extended through the Ministry Gender Labor and Social Development for the years 2019 and 2020. It will support women from 14 selected …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has criticized the international community for failing to fulfill financial pledges made during the Kampala Solidarity Summit on Refugees, two years ago, in support of refugees in Uganda. The pledges recorded during the summit included USD100, 000 from Equatorial …
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Remembering and contrasting events of 50 years ago in America as witnessed by a university student in Uganda COMMENT | Harold Acemah | July 20, 1969 will always remain alive in my memory as a momentous day on which President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s dream of landing a human on the …
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