London, United Kingdom | AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May will try to convince her splintered country Thursday to accept a Brexit delay of up to six months she secured from EU leaders to the fury of many in her own party. May’s 27 EU counterparts pulled another all-nighter in …
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How they impact the Kampala art scene By DOMINIC MUWANGUZI Afriart Gallery The first private art gallery established by a Ugandan artist, Daudi Karungi to exhibit contemporary art from Uganda. It has inspired many artists to work more creatively in order to exhibit here. Through such display and engagements, it …
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Deadlock at UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi shows it’s a complex problem without a single solution Project Syndicate | DAVID KEITH | Negotiations on geoengineering technologies ended in deadlock at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, recently, when a Swiss-backed proposal to commission an expert UN panel on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the Uganda Heart Institute-UHI’s own home will start in the next financial year. Construction and furnishing of the facility has been budgeted to cost 259 billion shillings which will be realised by the government and foreign funding. The institute has occupied the fourth …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Today marks 40 years since General, Idi Amin Dada, the former president of Uganda was overthrown from government. General Amin took over government after overthrowing President, Apolo Milton Obote in January 1971. General Amin left a contentious and conflicted legacy with many calling him …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyan Law Professor, Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba has argued that Africa’s politics lost track after the introduction of multiparty politics. Lumumba, a renowned Pan Africanist says multiparty politics introduced in 1980s and 1990s diverted African politicians from politicking about ideas to politicking about money. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam aimed at increasing production of coffee for export, animal health and crop protection. Government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has been seeking partnership with Vietnam which is known …
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Ensuring affordable housing for citizens requires a radical overhaul involving mortgage refinancing COMMENT | JOHNSTONE OLTETIA | There are two essential parts to achieving affordable housing: building decent, low-cost homes, and developing housing finance market that enables low-income earners to buy those homes. For, without finance, almost no home …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecution-DPP has slapped fresh charges of child trafficking against two Kaweesi murder suspects. They are Sheikh Abdu Rashid Mbazira 58 a resident of Namasengere Village, Kyampisi Sub County in Mukono District and Higenyi Aramaathan Noordin alias Taata Abdullazack, 34 a money …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Catherine Bamugemereire has asked the judiciary to incorporate tribunals in their land adjudication system. Justice Bamugemereire is the chairperson of the Commission of inquiry into land matters. According to Justice Bamugemereire, there is need for the judiciary to establish land tribunals with dedicated officers …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
