USAID closed, jobs cancelled, operations scuttled as President implements Project 2025 ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | Within just 50 days of taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump is radically shaking up American foreign policy. Trump’s assault on the U.S. State Department has affected U.S. embassies further afield like those in Uganda. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States Embassy in Uganda is yet to receive any formal request to apologize to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as demanded by Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defense Forces. In a tweet last week, Muhoozi said the country was about to see a …
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SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has started reaping the benefits of a partnership with the United States in terms of strengthened transparency in the management of public medicines and health supplies. The U.S. government helped NMS build a strong and modern health supply chain system which has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The US Embassy in Kampala has temporarily suspended routine visitor visa interviews following a recent spike in Covid-19 cases in the country. The suspension comes in the wake of the third wave of the pandemic declared by the Ministry of Health on 7 January …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three hotels in Entebbe municipality have been fully booked to accommodate at least 500 evacuees from Afghanistan, URN has learnt. They include Imperial Resort Beach Hotel that is accommodating the 51 evacuees, Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel and Central Inn. While Imperial Resort Beach Hotel is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States Embassy in Kampala has cautioned individuals and organizations against instigating violence against the civilian population before, during, and after 2021 general elections. The embassy said that it will not hesitate to consider consequences for those found to be responsible for election-related …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The US Embassy in Uganda in it’s latest health alert has told its citizens that a plane set to evacuate them from Uganda departs on Friday, 3rd April, 2020. The embassy resolved to exit their willing citizens who are able to pay for their …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States Embassy in Uganda and United Kingdom mission have informed their citizens in Uganda of the availability of flights if they want to leave the country. The development comes after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s directive last week that all outbound and inbound …
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Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump said Tuesday he expects Iraq to “use its forces” to protect the US embassy in Baghdad after pro-Iran protesters breached the outer wall of the compound. “We expect Iraq to use its forces to protect the Embassy, and so notified!” Trump tweeted. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The US Embassy in Uganda has announced a blackout on per diem allowances to Ugandan government officials who attend events it has organized or US agencies. In a November 12 letter to the Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Deborah Malac, the US Ambassador to Uganda, said …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
