Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender has failed to explain an expenditure of 3.7 billion Shillings on domestic arrears over and above an appropriated budget. The Ministry was allocated 183 million Shillings for clearance of domestic arrears during the Financial Year 2017/2018. The officials Led by their …
Read More »Motorists express mixed reactions on proposed 10 year term
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposal in the Traffic and Road Safety (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to jail motorists for knocking other road users has generated mixed reactions from motorists. The bill proposes that any motorist found guilty of knocking dead or injuring another road user will be liable to …
Read More »NAADS procures 170 tractors for nationwide mechanization centres
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) is set to roll out the long-awaited mechanization of Agriculture program, across the country. The agency has already procured and delivered 170 tractors to kick start the process of establishing Agriculture mechanization centres. Another process for the procurement …
Read More »Electoral reforms: Gov’t skipped Supreme court recommendations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Forum has asked Government to use the existing time to present the electoral reforms as recommended by the Supreme Court. The NGO forum was commenting on the Electoral Reforms tabled by Government before parliament. On Thursday, Government tabled five …
Read More »Beauty facial treatments harm natural skin functionality – Expert
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Non-medical facial treatments are dangerous for the skin and will most likely destroy the skin cells of the person applying them. In fact, they do not have any long-term benefits, according to dermatologists. Such Beauty treatments involve the use of different products at …
Read More »Failed pursuit to join Masaka city raises frustration in Kalungu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kalungu sub county leaders are frustrated over the likely failure to have their area annexed to the proposed Masaka City. The expansion of the boundaries of Masaka was one of the conditions given to the district, upon the approval of the planned elevation to city …
Read More »Evicted Buvuma residents struggling for new living
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1000 people evicted from Buvuma Forest reserve land in Buvuma island district are struggling to make a new living. The affected people were flushed from six villages by the National Forestry Authority-NFA and Uganda People’s Defense Forces in 2014 for alleged encroachment on …
Read More »Government reveals plan to tackle Hepatitis C
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans have been urged to test for hepatitis C as the disease is equally as dangerous as other infectious diseases, according to Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng. As Uganda joined the rest of the world to mark world hepatitis day, the Minister said soon …
Read More »DRC Ebola concern up
What WHO emergency declaration means | THE INDEPENDENT | On July 17, the second worst Ebola outbreak of all time, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was officially declared an international Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said this means all countries should …
Read More »Uganda cranes stop Somalia in 2020 CHAN qualifier
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes picked a vital 3-1 win over Somalia in the first leg of the 2020 Total Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier. Patrick Henry Kaddu gave Uganda Cranes the lead when he converted a penalty seconds to the end of first half at the Al …
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