Can Lt. Col. Nakalema do it? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For almost two years now since she was appointed to head the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema has been a busy woman crisscrossing the country in her fight against corrupt public officials. Nakalema, who was …
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Will Leadership Code Tribunal finally bite? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | When President Yoweri Museveni swore in the Leadership Code Tribunal recently, he demanded the new team clean up public service of corrupt officials. The tribunal is the latest institution Museveni has created to fight corruption in Uganda’s public …
Read More »Iowa-based swimmer Athieno starts 2020 strongly
Best times | RESULT THIS WEEKEND 50 butterfly 29.88 | 50 yards freestyle 25.27 | 25.89 100 yards freestyle 54.86 | 56.3 200 yards freestyle …. | 2:06.36 secs 200 Yards Medley Relay…. | 2:03.22 200 yards free relay …. | 1:49.66 Iowa, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Two weeks …
Read More »What next for the EAC chairmanship?
Next chair of complicated six-member bloc has to deal with Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan issues Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The next East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit is scheduled for Feb. 28 and it is expected that Rwandan President Paul Kagame who has had a …
Read More »Karuma, Isimba and electricity tariffs
New investors could trigger a drop in electricity costs Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s planned commissioning of the multi-million dollar Isimba and Karuma Hydropower projects on the downstream of River Nile is expected to put government on the spot as sector players expect electricity tariffs to reduce. The …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Wandera sails through Busia LCV race
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Nov.26, the Electoral Commission (EC) in Busia district declared Independent candidate Geoffrey Wandera newly elected LC V of Busia district after he went through unopposed. This was after nomination for Democratic Party and National Resistance Movement Party candidates was cancelled. In two statements, …
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