Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministries of Health and Education are due to handover all government-funded projects to the army’s engineering unit for implementation by the end of this month. This is part of the directive of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni earlier in the year, that the construction …
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London, UK | Xinhua | Drivers in Britain are to face fines and a risk to their driving licenses under stricter controls over the use of cellphones in their vehicles, the British Department for Transport (DfT) announced Friday. While it is already illegal in Britain to text or make a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ashiraf Kasirye, a former journalist working with Ghetto TV, an online TV affiliated to the National Unity Platform-NUP suffered a partial amnesia after a nearly fatal shooting at Masaka in December last year. This happened while he was covering a campaign rally of then …
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Nairobi, Kenya | URN & XINHUA | Kenya has started inspecting and reaffirming her boundary with Uganda in a bid to redefine her frontiers with Uganda. Kenya neighbors Uganda in Lake Victoria, to the mouth of Sio River in Busia, to Amudat and Moroto in Karamoja though the Turkana Escarpment …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 8 out of 10 women in Uganda have experienced some form of violence at their places of work, according to a new study done by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). The study was conducted between February 2020 and February 2021, on …
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Paris, France | Xinhua | While many American citizens, even some prominent local politicians no longer see Washington as legitimate, the dangers of an America that is weakened by “separatism” and affected by “factionalism” and “secession” should be put on alert, said a French researcher. Underlining “breakdown of federal authority,” …
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Major UDBL media campaign on TV, Radio and online invites Ugandans to connect with national spirit with messages of hope and change Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL), the country’s national Development Finance Institution, has unveiled a thematic campaign aimed at drawing attention to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Terrorists gang up against Museveni: ADF, Islamic State, al-Shabaab working together THE LAST WORD The strategy of fighting ADF: How to handle the new wave of terrorism without helping terrorist achieve their political …
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SAATM is designed to lift restrictions on market access in Africa and to remove restrictive bilateral air service agreements (BASAs) between state pairs COMMENT | DEREK NSEKO | This week marked exactly 22 years since the signing of the Yamoussoukro Decision (YD). For those with interest in the African aviation industry, …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDPENDENT | Kenya’s Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will receive an extra $133 million for the 2022/23 financial year for a pay rise and hiring new teachers, The Daily Nation has reported. According to Nation, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has allocated an additional Sh14.9 billion ($133 million) to …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
