Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | A new report released yesterday morning (Feb.19) in Kampala has fronted an idea of giving special care to people with disabilities as one way of making them feel part of the community that they live in. Titled ‘Disability Rights in Uganda’, the report was compiled by …
Read More »Research: Ugandan officials might have hidden UGX 267bn Aid money
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan officials could have stashed away a whopping USD 73M (UGX267B) of the aid money from the World Bank between 1990 and 2009, a new research paper suggests. The controversial paper written by researchers from the Norwegian Business School, University of Copenhagen, and The …
Read More »Rotary in drive to raise UGX 367 M to equip Mengo blood bank
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rotary in Uganda has launched a drive to raise 367 million Shillings to procure an automated blood grouping machine for Mengo Blood Bank. Part of the funding will be used to procure a centrifuge 6000i for component preparation, to separates the blood into different …
Read More »People talking about poverty should be arrested – Gen. Elwelu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commander of Land Forces in the UPDF, Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu has said that people crying and making poverty a topic of discussion on daily basis should be arrested. Gen. Elwelu, speaking at the belated NRM function in Kamuda sub county, Soroti district yesterday …
Read More »Attorney General, Legal Committee clash over Opposition Constitution Amendment Bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General, William Byaruhanga has come under fire from parliament for failing to present a response to a raft of constitutional amendments proposed by the Opposition under the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Attorney General and the Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister were expected …
Read More »Kadaga to attackers: We will deal with you severely
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has condemned the raid on the house by members of the Red Top Brigade Movement, saying they will be dealt with very severely. It comes shortly after two men donning red tops jumped from the stranger’s gallery to …
Read More »Tooro, Ankole worst places for PWDs to live-Report
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tooro and Ankole sub-regions have been named the worst regions for Persons with Disabilities-PWDs to live according to a report that was released in Kampala yesterday. The study titled- ‘Disability Rights in Uganda-A Community Perspective’ was carried out by the National Union of Disabled Persons …
Read More »Museveni summons Speaker Kadaga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni met the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga ahead of the discussion on the new lower secondary school curriculum in parliament. The Education and Sports Minister, Janet Museveni was expected to deliver a statement on the revised curriculum, which has been subject of …
Read More »Karamoja districts struggling to monitor desert locusts
Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Districts in Karamoja are struggling to monitor the desert locust invasion due to limited financial resources. Following the invasion of the desert locust a week ago, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries directed local governments through their Production departments to do daily surveillance of …
Read More »How Flying Squad tracked, arrested prime suspect in Bugiri Sheikh’s murder
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Details have emerged how the Flying Squad Unit tracked and arrested the prime suspect in the murder of Sheikh Masuudi Mutumba, the Imam of Iwemba Masjid Noor mosque in Bugiri district. Sheikh Masuudi Mutumba, 60, was gunned down at his home at Busimba village, Iwemba …
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