Bigger Economy: Why could that be bad news? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recent rebasing of the national account series by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has excited economists with many saying it presents the government an opportunity to make policy based on data that is a …
Read More »KCCA to overhaul Kampala CBD traffic flow
✳ All Taxis plying Entebbe road shall be moved from Old Taxi Park to Usafi Park ✳ Vehicles currently operating on the streets around the park will be moved into the park ✳ Traffic flow along Ben Kiwanuka Street shall be one way. All on-street parking shall be suspended Kampala, Uganda …
Read More »Machar in Juba to try and save South Sudan peace deal
S.Sudan rebel leader in Juba for talks as peace deal falters Juba, South Sudan | AFP | South Sudan’s exiled rebel leader Riek Machar arrived in Juba on Saturday in a bid to salvage a peace deal with less than a month to go until he is to form a …
Read More »Machar back in Juba
Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Eye Radio in Juba is reporting that Dr Riek Machar has flown in for long overdue talks for his permanent return to the country. The United States recently said it will consider sanctions on leaders in South Sudan if they fail to form …
Read More »WORLD BANK: All children should be able to read by age 10
Poverty indicator ➡SELECT COUNTRIES ➡ ✳ Botswana 🇧🇼 48.3 | ✳ DRC 🇨🇩 86.0 | ✳ Australia 🇦🇺 8.6| ✳ Ethiopia 🇪🇹 90.3 | ✳ Uganda 🇺🇬 82.8 | ✳ South Africa 🇿🇦 79.8 | ✳ UK 🇬🇧 3.4 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has today in Kampala released a report detailing what it will take …
Read More »Cheptegei nominated for 2019 World Athlete of Year award
✳ Nominees 2019 Male World Athlete of the Year ✅ Joshua Cheptegei 🇺🇬 ✅ Donavan Brazier 🇺🇸 ✅ Christian Coleman 🇺🇸 ✅ Timothy Cheruyiot 🇰🇪 ✅ Steven Gardiner 🇧🇭 ✅ Sam Kendricks 🇺🇸 ✅ Eliud Kipchoge 🇰🇪 ✅ Noah Lyles 🇺🇸 ✅ Daniel Stahl 🇸🇪 ✅ Christian Taylor 🇺🇸 ✅ …
Read More »Museveni, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abiy eye Sudan solution
Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Nobel Peace laureate, Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed and Ugandan President Yower Museveni, have arrived in Juba for a Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) consultative meeting aimed at reconciling the Sudan Transitional Government and the Sudanese Armed Groups. Also …
Read More »Candidates to spend millions in 2021polls
In 2016 many spent Shs500m -1bn Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Money–and a lot of it this time—will be the choice campaigning tool for both incumbents and challengers in the 2021 presidential and parliamentary polls, according to a study by the Alliance for Campaign Finance Monitoring-Uganda. The civil society …
Read More »Cover Story: Visa denied
Uganda’s Who-is-Who live in fear of US travel ban Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | As if U.S. sanctions slapped on President Yoweri Museveni’s former right hand man, Gen. Kale Kayihura for his role as Inspector of General of Police were not bad enough, another top government official, Pius …
Read More »Ebola survivors can pass on the virus
Scientists trying to understand what role sex plays Four scientists: Professors Andrew L. Webb, Brayden G. Schindell, Jason Kindrachuk, and Jia B. Kangbai have noted one area in the spread of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever that requires further study. It is the Ebola virus’ persistence in the reproductive systems of …
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