THIS WEEK: Bobi Wine to youths: Get national ID and vote Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | During his hugely attended Kyarenga Concert at his One Love Beach in Busabala, in the city outskirts, singer and politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine urged youth to get national IDs and vote. Wine …
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THIS WEEK: Ex-KCC workers renew fight for Shs90bn Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In what has become a recurrent fight, ex-workers of the defunct Kampala City Council (KCC) are demanding their terminal benefits and salary arrears following their sacking in 2012. The workers are demanding an estimated Shs92 billion which …
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THIS WEEK: Stella Nyanzi’s new mission in Luzira prison Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University researcher and activist Stella Nyanzi declined bail by the Magistrates Court to teach inmates at Luzira prison how to use social media. Nyanzi was charged with cyber harassment and offensive communication after she wrote …
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THIS WEEK: Museveni meets inter-party committee Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni asked opposition parties to fight electoral violence in a meeting with members of the Inter Party Organization for Dialogue (IPOD), a forum of political parties represented in parliament. In a meeting at State House Entebbe, Museveni …
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Uganda ?? 1 Cape Verde ?? 0 AFCON 2019: Uganda, Nigeria, Morocco qualify while Libya hit eight Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Just when it looked like Cape Verde would hang on for a point, Patrick Kaddu used his head to break the deadlock as Uganda qualified for their second …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was on Nov. 14 declared the overall winner of the 2018 financial reporting awards organised by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPA-U) at Serena Hotel, beating several other participants. The organisers said the Fund won because …
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Uganda ?? 1 Cape Verde ?? 0 Starting Line up ➡18 Onyango ➡4 Juuko ➡8 Aucho ➡12 Iguma ➡14 Wadada ➡15 Walusimbi ➡16 Wasswa ➡17 Miya ➡20 Muleme ➡22 Kaddu ➡23 Waiswa Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes will make it to their second consecutive Africa Cup of Nations …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Wim Vanhelleputte, the MTN Uganda CEO says that they have committed Shs1billion commitment towards the MTN Startup Fund which forms part of their ambition to continue supporting local innovators. In a press release, Vanhelleputte encourages as many startups as possible to participate in the several …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East African Records (EAR), a fresh recording and music distribution label operating across East Africa and based in Uganda, hosted UK reggae and dancehall unit Mungo’s Hi Fi and their lead artist Eva Lazarus, who are on an East African tour to Uganda and later …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The government of Uganda through the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has promised to use the newly launched policy brief No.12 entitled ‘preventing nutrient loss and waste across the food system’ to improve food security and welfare of the people. The policy written by …
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