Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General will advise on how the Government will proceed with its business following the expiry of the ministers’ tenure. This is according to the Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet John Mitala. In her communication to the MPs during Tuesday’s plenary …
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Nurses check the progress of an expectant mother’s pregnancy at a hospital in Kampala city. COURTESY PHOTO Civil Society demand vote for maternal and reproductive Health to stop more mothers dying in the labour ward Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Sylivia Nalubowa was pregnant with twins when she …
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But why were Ongwen’s victims mourning alone? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | It should have been marked by wild chants of “justice at last” or even criticism, but the oddest bit about the May 06 International Criminal Court (ICC) sentencing of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander, Dominic Ongwen, …
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📌 UGANDA 🇺🇬 BACK TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE ▶ S2 – May 13 ▶ P1, P2 & P3 – June 7 📌 3-year plan to harmonize school calendar ✳ Terms 12 weeks ✳ Holidays 15-17 days ✳ No exams this year ✳ 2021 starts August 9 ✳ 2022 starts May 16 ✳ 2023 …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni yesterday handed retiring Uganda Cranes captain Dennis Onyango an 2018 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross as a gift for his services to the country. The function at which the car that costs at least sh90million was handed over at State House, was attended …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has recommended that National Medical Stores-NMS should face competition with other players in the field. Legislators this Thursday afternoon approved parliament’s Public Accounts Committee- PAC, report carrying a recommendation that the monopoly of National Medical Stores be stopped. The report on the findings of …
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The Hague, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber IX has today sentenced former Kony Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen to a total period of imprisonment of 25 years as a joint sentence for the 61 crimes of which he was found guilty. A summary …
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📌 POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER ✳Matchday 1 June 5-8, 2021 ➡ Kenya Vs Uganda ✳Matchday 2 June 11-14 ➡ Uganda Vs Mali Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | World Soccer governing body FIFA has postponed Africa’s World Cup qualifying games, to give time to countries to restore the right playing …
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IOC welcomes Pfizer and BioNTech’s donation of vaccines to teams heading for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT | A massive plan to ensure all participants to the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 are vaccinated in the next two months has started. As …
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A joint team of experts will be set up to address the disjointed enforcement of cross-border Covid-19 containment protocols Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya and Tanzania have agreed to eliminate barriers hindering the smooth flow of trade and people between the two East African nations. The decision was …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
