Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party expressed mixed feelings on the achievements of the party which started 15 years ago. The idea of forming the party was hatched in South Africa where Dr Kizza Besigye had been exiled after the 2001 general …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Essential services like education, healthcare, protection and shelter for refugees and host communities in Uganda will shut down from January 2020 unless funding is urgently increased. The warning was issued by 40 International Non-Governmental Organizations operating in Uganda, ahead of the Global Refugee Forum due …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new appointments in cabinet bring no hope for improvement in service delivery but are rather reaping from their loyalty to President Yoweri Museveni, opposition politicians have said. The new faces in the cabinet that was announced on Saturday include Kyaaka County MP Jackson Kafuuzi, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo has asked government to raise the retirement age of judges. He said this in a week in which major changes have been made to streamline the judiciary, with many younger judges actually being appointed to fill vacant positions. Owiny-Dollo …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A mobile application ‘PrEP Uganda’ can now be downloaded from the google play store for those who might need to get Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a course of HIV drugs taken by HIV-negative people to prevent infection. Studies have shown that PrEP reduces the risk of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of 54 police officers with a science background are disgruntled over what they term as discriminatory salaries. The officers, at a rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASPs), trained in different science fields and were appointed as science cadres by the Public Service …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations have re-launched the Black Monday campaign with a call to citizens to take on the fight against corruption. The organizations; Action Aid, Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU) Uganda Medical Association, National NGO Forum, among others yesterday set off to launch campaign at Action …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition in Parliament is at loggerheads with the Clerk to Parliament Jane Kibirige for failing to gazette the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2019, drafted by Shadow Attorney General Wilfred Niwagaba. The Bill seeks to scrap the representation of the army in Parliament, remove the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government taxes took yet another hit in November as Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) collected less than the target at the time when there is decry over consistent poor tax performance. A Ministry of Finance November 2019 report on the performance of the economy shows …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine machete-wielding thugs have been arrested in operations conducted in parts of Kampala, ahead of the Christmas season. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga says that the operations conducted by the Flying Squad Unit intended to rid the city of criminals during the festive season. The …
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