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IN THE INDEPENDENT: ‘Muhoozi Project is time bomb’

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Muhoozi project is on, say donors: They insist it must be discussed seriously THE LAST WORD Apartheid at Uganda’s immigration: Inside the discrimination, humiliation and mistreatment of Ugandans of Kinyarwanda culture ANALYSIS ICC …

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IN THE INDEPENDENT: Unending teacher strikes

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Unending teacher strikes: How Museveni’s strategy is failing THE LAST WORD On the teachers’ strike: How government may have opened a pandora’s box by creating huge salary disparities among its employees COMMENT Bobi …

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GGOOBI: Uganda not ready for minimum wage

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has not yet reached the level of setting the minimum wage, Ramathan Ggoobi, the Secretary to the Treasury and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has stated. According to Ggoobi, it is bad economics to institute a …

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IN THE INDEPENDENT: What next as Vinci coffee deal cools?

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY What next as Vinci coffee deal cools?: Museveni defends, Buganda reacts THE LAST WORD On America’s sense of self: How self-righteousness is far more dangerous than self-interest and leads to human disaster ANALYSIS …

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IN THE INDEPENDENT: Muhoozi birthday diplomacy

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER Birthday diplomacy of Gen. Muhoozi: Why crowd wanted him anointed but Museveni wasn’t baited THE LAST WORD The real problem with Vinci: The power, influence, exorbitant dubious deals and the inevitably coming fall of …

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IN THE INDEPENDENT: Hell in Karamoja

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER Hell in Karamoja: Does sub-region require military response only? THE LAST WORD Aiding the enemy: How US involvement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is helping the rise of China to surpass America as the world’s …

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Vocational final exams not compulsory – NCDC

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Curriculum Development Centre –NCDC says it is not compulsory for learners to sit for the final assessment of the vocational subjects. This is in line with the new lower secondary curriculum that was introduced by the government in 2020 for skills …

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IN THE INDEPENDENT: Anita Among

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Anita Among: Emerging political powerhouse? THE LAST WORD In memory of Jacob Oulanyah: The former speaker’s political journey is a story of Uganda’s politics of conflict and reconciliation ANALYSIS The world must avoid …

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