Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Council has appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Muzeyi Sabiiti, to chair a committee scrutinizing police officers that will be promoted in the forthcoming promotional exercise. Chief Political Commissar –CPC Asan Kasingye, said Sabiiti will lead the committee to ensure …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death of Uganda Human Rights Commission- UHRC chairperson Med Kaggwa on Wednesday morning from Hypertension has left the public wondering what could have caused his abrupt death. Dr William Manyilirah, a Consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon says such a condition happens when coronary …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga says she will meet the chairpersons of the Gender and Finance Committees who have disagreed over the processing of the National Social Security Fund Amendment Bill, 2019. Kadaga told Parliament that she will meet both chairpersons in order to forge …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Peer Review Mechanism-APRM is considering adopting President Yoweri Museveni’s bottlenecks facing Africa as new areas of assessment while evaluating member states. In 2015, Museveni presented 11 bottlenecks which according to him are hindering effective socio-economic transformation of the African continent. Museveni singled …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has rolled out another initiative in parishes targeting specialized groups in a move aimed at job creation and improving household incomes. In the Presidential Initiative on wealth creation and job creation locally referred as Emyooga, each Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization (SACCO) …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka municipal council authorities are considering a total ban on street hawking in a bid to protect traders in shopping malls. Masaka Municipal Development Forum-MDF, which acts as link between local leaders and local community, is spearheading the campaign to push council to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP has finally agreed to hand over leadership of the Inter-Party Organisations for Dialogue to the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party. IPOD is a platform that brings together parties with representation in parliament including the National Resistance Movement (NRM), Forum for Democratic Change …
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✳ Election data 🇺🇬 #Uganda 2021 #UgandaDecides2021 ✅ Total number of voters today: 16,435,315 ✅ Polling Stations: 34,236 ✅ Districts: 135 ✅ Constituencies: 296 ✅ Villages: 68649 ✅ Parishes: 10,011 ✅ SubCounties: 2057 ✅ Counties: 253 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 203 academic staff at Makerere University Business School (MUBS) have given management up to 15 days to pay their salary arrears. The staff through their lawyers Kesiime and Company Advocates want the university to pay 57.5 billion shillings arising from imposing …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Population experts are proposing new investment rule book for guiding public sector investment for developing countries to reap the most from their young populations. The Rule Book is a set of economic principles that must be followed for higher returns on net investments. The ones …
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