Ronald Musoke Highlights of the 2014 Uganda national and housing census **Uganda’s population stands at 34.6 million **Females constitute 51% of population **Total Fertility Rate is 5.8 children per woman. Declined from 7.1 children per woman in 1991. **Infant Mortality Rate is 53 infant deaths per 1000 per live births …
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The one-week retreat for new NRM party Members of Parliament has concluded with a shooting practice. President Yoweri Museveni participated in the exercise at Kyankwanzi, and the Commander In Chief showed off his target skills in the shooting range exercise. The shooting range or firing range is a specialized army …
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Roads in Africa are the riskiest places to be on in the continent, but you are less likely to be killed in a car accident in Uganda than anywhere else in East Africa, according to a WHO report. Car shell after a recent road tragedy in Uganda. PHOTO VIA PATRICK …
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Differences with 2001, 2006 petitions make this a tough call for CJ Katureebe Chief Justice Bart Katureebe must have felt a sense that he had been here before as he led eight justices of the Supreme Court in Kampala on March 7 to the pre-hearing conference of a petition against …
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Presidential Petition PRE-TRIAL Agreed facts Fact 1: There was an election conducted by the EC on February 18 2016 Fact 2: On Feb 20, 2016, President Museveni was declared as validly elected President Fact 3: On Feb 20, 2016, the petitioner was declared to have polled 1.43% of the valid …
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ANALYSIS| Ghetto President Bobi Wine…And why the urban poor hate Museveni Kampala, Uganda| HAGGAI MATSIKO | Sebataka Mulyamenvu’s home in Kisenyi I village in Kamwokya, a Kampala suburb, is just a few metres off Kira Road; the neat duo-carriage city road lined with beautiful storied bungalows, flower gardens, and paved walkways. If you …
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President Yoweri Museveni Thursday received the election petition challenging his re-election. In two tweets, Museveni shared photographs on social media about the brief meeting with candidate Amama Mbabazi’s lawyers Severino Twinobusingye and Akampurira in which he acknowledged receipt of the petition filed on March 1. “I received a petition from lawyers …
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By Flavia Nassaka 69% think little is being done to curb the vice On Dec. 03, the Electoral Commission concluded nominations for those seeking to become Members of Parliament come 2016. It was a bad day on the road especially for those who use public means of transport as many …
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By Flavia Nassaka As world marks AIDS day, the country struggles to fast-track treatment for all On Dec. 01, the world marked this year’s World AIDS Day under the theme:`Fast track-ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030’. A week before the event, a United Nations Agency UNAIDS released a new report …
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By Haggai Matsiko UN investigates Shs143bn deal involving South Sudan Uganda is once again under UN investigations surrounding the alleged purchase of classified military equipment from Russia, including four Mi24 attack helicopters that ended up in possession of the South Sudan government. Details indicate that Uganda may have bypassed parliamentary …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price