How the Uganda budget resource for FY2025/26 are allocated 1⃣ Wages & Salaries – Shs 8.57 trillion 2⃣ Non-Wage Recurrent Expenditure—Shs 28.33 trillion (includes operations, wealth creation funds, science & tech, education & health grants, medicines, infrastructure maintenance, and interest payments) 3⃣ Development Expenditure – Shs 18.24 trillion 4⃣ Domestic …
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Reykjavik, Iceland | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | The world’s focus will next week turn to Iceland as the Nordic island country hosts events of the The Young Inventors Prize 2025, where 17 brilliant minds—two Ugandans included—will be celebrated. The Young Inventors Prize 2025, set for June 18th in Reykjavik, will celebrate …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | To commemorate World Environment Day, Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) has announced the successful completion of a glass bottle recycling pilot, implemented in partnership with local tech startup Yo-Waste under the AB InBev 100+ Accelerator Program, it said in a statement shared on June 11. …
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Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania are in talks to introduce a joint fishing license for Lake Victoria that would curb cross-border arrests of fishermen and streamline fishing activities on Africa’s largest lake. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | For generations, the vast expanse of Lake Victoria has been a lifeline for …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least five passengers died on the spot, and six others were seriously injured after a taxi collided with a milk truck on Sunday night. The accident occurred around 8:30 p.m. at Kyalweza Village in Nakasongola District along the Kampala–Gulu highway. It involved a …
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Event serves as a vital platform for democratic dialogue, connecting people from across society in open, respectful conversations ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | On June 5, Denmark celebrates Constitution Day—a significant national event that commemorates the adoption of the country’s first constitution in 1849 and its modern revision in 1953, both …
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Introverted, nationalistic donor policies are worsening the neglect of people in crisis and displacement-report COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda is Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country, and continues to serve as the region’s pressure valve, absorbing the fallout from multiple neighbouring displacement crises. However, its ongoing struggle to fend for close …
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Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda | It was a local election, and, for most of the day, it was peaceful, says Huzaifa Mugerwa, a young journalist covering voting for the first time. But as the day of voting wrapped up, Mugerwa says, a masked man kicked a ballot box. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Outspoken legal activist lawyer Male Hassan Mabirizi Kassim Kiwanuka has formally applied to the Law Council for admission and enrollment as an advocate of the High Court of Uganda, citing over a decade of self-driven litigation and constitutional activism. In a letter dated May …
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Progress, power, and the promise of transformation ANALYSIS | JULIUS BUSINGE | On June 5, the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala were sealed off—an exclusive zone accessible only to those clutching invitation cards, as President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni delivered the highly anticipated State of the Nation Address. Under the afternoon sun …
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