COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | Nation-building is like construction. Different leaders play different roles. Some break ground. Others raise the walls. Others will one day roof. Yet history often praises the finished building. It forgets the hands that dug the foundation. The real story begins long before the finishing mouldings …
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COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | The Ugandan scholar Melina Platas – (Sorry America: in exchange for Zohran, we are owning Melina) – has published an insightful book demanding all our attention. In Culture and Mass Schooling: The Colonial Roots of Educational Inequality in Africa, Melina argues that community …
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Leveraging commercial diplomacy to deepen Uganda’s tourism positioning ahead of the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE 2026) Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda is sharpening its tourism strategy, aligning diplomacy, market engagement and on-the-ground experiences to strengthen visitor flows from key international markets ahead of the 2026 …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng has raised concern over growing vaccine hesitancy toward the malaria vaccine, noting that it mirrors the resistance seen when the COVID-19 vaccine was first introduced in Uganda. Speaking on Thursday during the launch of a new malaria elimination strategy, Aceng …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has launched a national innovation challenge aimed at accelerating its journey toward a $500 billion economy, signalling a shift from policy ambition to practical, market-driven solutions. The National Science Week 2026 Innovation Challenge, led by the Science, Technology and Innovation Secretariat in the …
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How Uganda came so late and lonely to acquire a cash and carry government where every citizen is for themselves THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | My column last week titled “When illness strikes a leader” attracted a lot of attention and commentary. In it, I …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has urged investors in the United Kingdom to invest in the 250 percent return-on-investment mining and energy sector in the country. However, only serous and mutually beneficial partners are welcome to invest in the country’s budding extractives sector, according to Ramathan Ggoobi, Permanent Secretary …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda and Rwanda have agreed to “move on” from diplomatic conflicts that threatened their historical friendship in recent years. This came at the just-concluded Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) meeting in Kampala, at which four new memoranda of understanding were signed, in the areas of health, …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Surging coffee consumption in China is driving a sharp increase in Uganda’s coffee exports to the Asian market, officials said at a one-day Uganda-China Coffee, Investment and Destination Conference held here on Tuesday. Fan Xuecheng, charge d’affaires ad interim of the Chinese Embassy in Uganda, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government leaders, employers, and development partners convened at the 4th Annual National Labour Convention and Expo 2026, held from April 15-16 under the theme “Unlocking the Potential of the Ugandan Youth Labour Force: Advancing Productivity and Opportunities for Decent Work.” The gathering marked a …
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