Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Government, Beti Kamya has announced that she will press ahead with conducting a lifestyle audit on government officials whose wealth does not match their known income. Kamya’s declaration comes four months after Presient Yoweri Museveni cautioned her on the strategy, saying …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Grace Nambatya Kyeyune, the Director of the National Therapeutic Institute has commended President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for his unwavering support for herbal medicine development in the country. Speaking at the Rotary Club of Muyenga, Nambatya said before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, her institute …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed that key positions at the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA be filled. The Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda confirmed to Uganda Radio Network – URN that the President had written to her with advice to fill all …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has tasked the Attorney General to pursue the killers of former prosecutor Joan Namazzi Kagezi abroad so that they can be brought to book. Kagezi was shot dead on March 30th 2015 in Kiwatule, a Kampala Suburb on her way home. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has summoned legislators under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus to discuss the escalating commodity prices, among others. Brandon Kintu, the NRM Caucus spokesperson confirmed the agenda of the Tuesday scheduled meeting in an interview with Uganda Radio Network-URN. …
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How it could slow Uganda’s ‘demographic dividend’ dreams Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Nancy Piloya, 18, is a teenager who got pregnant during the 2020 lockdown. When Piloya, who is from Nwoya District in the Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda discovered she was pregnant, she ran away from home and …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Paul Kagame is Uganda on private visit. He will attend birthday celebrations of the First Son and UPDF Land Forces commander Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. He earlier held bilateral talks with President Yoweri Museveni on regional peace, stability and cooperation. Share on: WhatsApp
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Five African countries on Thursday resolved to deploy a regional force to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to fight a rebel insurgency in the country. The presidents from Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, DRC, and Rwanda who met in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya for the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has pledged One Billion Shillings to Fort Portal Diocese towards preparations for the Martyr’s day celebrations. Museveni made the pledge on Wednesday while meeting a delegation of eminent persons from Tooro led by the Bishop Fort Portal Diocese Robert Muhiirwa at his home …
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame expected to attend birthday celebrations Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preparations are in high gear for First Son Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s birthday run slated for April 23. The run in celebration of Muhoozi’s 48th birthday will be flagged off at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds at 7am. …
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