Tag Archives: Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | AMY SLOGROVE, KATHLEEN M. POWIS & MARY-ANN DAVIES | One of the most remarkable public health successes of the last decade in southern Africa has been the reduction in the number of babies born with HIV. This was achieved through the provision of antiretroviral therapy to pregnant and …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament on the Finance Committee have rejected a proposal by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) to conduct a National Census in 2022. The last national household and population census was carried out in 2014 and the custom is to hold …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former rally ace, Ponsiano Lwakataka has been remanded to Kawuga prison in Mukono district for malicious damage to property in Kiwanga Lwanda village in Mukono municipality. He was dragged before the Mukono Grade one magistrate’s court on Tuesday afternoon. However, the Mukono Grade one magistrate, Patience …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Petitioners in the consolidated Age Limit Appeal have asked the Supreme Court to restore the age limit clauses in the Ugandan constitution, saying they were illegally removed. They are Male Mabirizi, six opposition members of parliament and Uganda Law Society. They ran to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in the Busoga region have been asked to work collectively and improve Universal Primary Education-UPE in the region other than wait for government intervention. The call was made by the chairperson of Busoga Education Initiative (BEI), Dr Agnes Kadama at a five-day meeting aimed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees Eng. Hillary Onek is shocked by the existence of a new land title that was fraudulently processed on the seven square mile piece of land that government secured to resettle the 1,780 people. Government acquired the vast …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tony Elumelu Foundation, the leading African-funded and founded philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme is a 10-year, $100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Gender and Culture, Hon. Peace Mutuzo has asked Parliament to consider approving the proposed budget increase for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). She said that the current budget of Shs2 billion is insufficient and cannot support the 12.8 million PWDs. “In …

Remembering Rt. Rev. Dr. Livingstone M. Nkoyoyo Kampala, Uganda | REV SAMUEL MURANGI | It was 1986. I had finished junior high school in Fort Portal, Uganda and moved to the Capital City Kampala, in search of an opportunity to pursue high school education. Mukono Diocese, which was only two years …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament Week 2019 has commenced with a charity walk aimed at raising funds for the construction of a centre for persons living with albinism. The charity walk was flagged off by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, at Parliament Building on Sunday 13 …