Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A mobile laboratory was handed over to the Ministry of Health of Uganda on Wednesday in Kampala, Uganda, as part of an ongoing European Union-funded Programme to support countries in the IGAD region to strengthen surveillance and the healthcare system. The mobile laboratory will be …
Read More »Uganda to host East Africa Business Council Summit 2023
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to host the East Africa Business Council (EABC) Summit from August 31 to September 1, 2023, at the luxurious Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo in Kampala. The revelation was made during a press conference held at the Ministry of East Africa Community Affairs …
Read More »Government finally deploys medical interns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health received clearance to deploy Medical Interns to the 58 internship centres across the country. Dr Henry Mwebesa, Director General, of Health Services, revealed that they have subsequently released a deployment list for the interns under revised terms as guided by Government. …
Read More »UNEB sets deadline for 2023 candidate registration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board – UNEB is set to conclude the last phase of late registration for the 2023 candidates on Monday, July 31st, 2023. UNEB says any learners that intend to register for the 2023 PLE, UCE, and UACE Examinations should do so …
Read More »Broadcasters petition Parliament on adverts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on ICT and National Guidance is to consider a petition by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) on the directive to have all government advertising carried on Uganda Broadcasting Corporation and New Vision platforms only. In her communication on Thursday, 27 July 2023, …
Read More »MultiChoice to broadcast 2023 Netball World Cup
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | GOtv customers can look forward to back-to-back action from the much-anticipated 2023 Netball World Cup held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa. The eight exciting fixtures will be broadcast on SuperSport Variety 3 Here For Her Channel from Friday, 28 …
Read More »Shopping for Russian guns, dodging American lectures
Museveni’s trip to Russia involved tough choices COVER STORY | JOSEPH WERE | The second Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg’s Expo Forum from July 27-28 was expected to be the next big event in the scramble between Russia and America for the attention, resources, and international alignment of Africa. Past summits …
Read More »The tragedy of Uganda’s opposition
Why our country needs creative politicians who can sequence ultimate goals and penultimate aims THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The opposition in Uganda claim to have a broad strategic objective: to end dictatorship, incompetence, corruption, human rights abuses and build political institutions and implement public policies that can create a …
Read More »Governing the right to food
Determining how to achieve adequate food for all is the right of citizens and the duty of governments COMMENT | NORA MCKEON | When I was a child, my father, who had witnessed the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, told me how common ground was sought around shared …
Read More »The great unbanking
Unchecked financial blacklisting, fueled by regulatory zeal, is neither reasonable nor prudent COMMENT | ROBERT SKIDELSKY | Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the driving force behind the campaign for the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, recently caused an uproar when he revealed …
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