Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commonwealth Parliamentarians have made it clear there is need for authority to scrutinize laws they pass in order to check effectiveness. The legislators currently meeting at the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) at Speke Resort Munyonyo, were yesterday engaged in a workshop themed “Post …
Read More »Uganda’s Nanyondo and Nakaayi blaze into Monday’s 800m WC final
🇺🇬 ⏭ 800m 💠 Nanyondo 2nd Semi 1, into FINAL 💠 Nakaayi wins Semi 3, into FINAL ⏭ 10,000M women’s FINAL RESULT 1⃣6⃣ Stella Chesang 1⃣8⃣ Rachael Chebet 2⃣0⃣ Juliet Chekwel Next action 💠 Monday ⏭ 9.50pm 3000 M Steeplechase final (Peruth Chemutai) ⏭ 10.10pm 800 M Final (Nakaayi, Nanyondo) …
Read More »Ugandan doctors seek right to advertise amid pressure from herbalists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors are urging the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Council to put in place a mechanism or guidelines that can enable them to advertise their services. Dr Fredrick Nelson Nakwagala, a Senior Health Researcher and head of the Directorate of Medicine at Mulago …
Read More »FDC protests Hoima election results
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change -FDC will officially challenge results of the just concluded Hoima woman MP By-election. The election was held on Thursday where Harriet Mugenyi Businge, the National Resistance Movement-NRM Flag bearer was declared the winner after she garnered 33,301 votes. …
Read More »MAGOGO: New Uganda Cranes coach to be named next week
Adjumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soccer governing body FUFA will name a new Uganda Cranes national coach next week. Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) president Moses Magogo told an annual general meeting in Adjumani that “we have gone through a process of looking for a new head …
Read More »Are traditional highway stopovers losing their flare?
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At Mbizinnya in Buwama Town Council, the race is on., armed with roasted chicken, gonja, soft drinks, and other types of meat, the roadside vendors are peering at an oncoming commuter taxi. The moment the taxi slows to the parking side; the vendors begin to …
Read More »Mbale Municipality gets UGX 14b additional funding for USMID projects
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Municipal council has received over 14 billion Shillings for implementation of the second phase of the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development-USMID project. This is part of the USD 360 million (1.3 Trillion Shillings) additional financing that the Ugandan government received from the World …
Read More »Government ordered to produce re-arrested Kaweesi murder suspects
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has ordered government to produce two suspects in the murder of former police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi, who were re-arrested after being granted bail. They are Yusuf Nyanzi and Jibril Kalyango. Justice Henrietta Wolayo of Civil Division of High Court on Friday …
Read More »NSSF trashes proposal to tax savers benefits in new bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has said that the government should consider leaving the taxation issue out of new NSSF bill, 2019, because of the anxiety it sparked among the savers. The government had suggested that workers who wish to withdraw their savings at …
Read More »Two day traffic diversion at Namugongo-Seeta road as NWSC works
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) will today and tomorrow start excavation and laying of water pipes across Namugongo-Seeta Road at Kanisa Ya Kristo. Some sections of Namugongo-Seeta Road shall be closed to traffic which shall be diverted to alternative routes. In a statement, NWSC said …
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