Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) delegates have called upon electoral bodies to scrap nomination fees for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) intending to stand for political offices. This was one of the resolutions the delegates adopted during their closed-door meeting at the on-going 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference …
Read More »DAY ONE: Nanyondo and Chemutai shine as Ugandan men flop in Doha
🇺🇬 Results Day 1 💠800m W Winnie NANYONDO 1st Heat 3 2:00.36 Halimah NAKAAYI 2nd heat 1 2:02.33 💠3000m steeplechase W Peruth CHEMUTAI 1st heat 1 9:21.98 💠5000m M Stephen KISSA 10th heat 2 13:27.36 Oscar CHELIMO 14th heat 1 13:42.94 🇺🇬DAY 2 SCHEDULE – SATURDAY 💠 800m semis 7.15PM W.Nanyondo | …
Read More »Third-year UCU student drowns in hotel swimming pool
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mukono district is investigating circumstances under which Nathan Kamanzi, a student at Uganda Christian University-UCU died in a swimming pool. The third-year student of Human Resource Management drowned last evening in a swimming pool at Hasteh Royale Hotel, about 3 kilometres from …
Read More »Gulu’s milk industry on slow path to recovery
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu country Dairy is mentoring smallholder dairy farmers to beat the odds and supply the region with quality milk products. The farm sitting on 35 acres of land in Unyama Sub County provides training services to smallholder dairy farmers in the region and …
Read More »Police train community-based marine rescue teams at Kasensero landing site
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 80 people living around Kasensero Landing site in Kyotera district have been trained to offer emergency rescue services to accidents that occur on water. The Police Department of Fire and Rescue Services together with Swim-safe Uganda; a non-government organization dealing in drowning …
Read More »Entebbe hospital seeks help to clear outstanding utility bills
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe General Hospital Administrators have called for an increase in the utility bill vote for the facility, before its elevation to a regional referral centre. The request was made during a meeting with a team from the Ministry of Health, led by the Director …
Read More »DRC nationals still live in Ebola denial – Officials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many people from the Democratic Republic of Congo still associate the deadly hemorrhagic fever with myths and misconceptions, more than a year after the viral fever outbreak-officials have said. Dr Aloysius Tumwesigye, the district veterinary officer for Kanungu district who also heads the Ebola …
Read More »Umeme tasked to improve service delivery
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s largest electricity distributor, Umeme, has been tasked to improve service delivery, through swift and timely response to complaints, and meeting customer expectations. The call was made by Prof Edward Rugumayo, the Chancellor Mountains of the Moon University during a meeting between electricity consumers …
Read More »Opportunity Bank granted Commercial Bank license
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opportunity Bank Uganda Limited has been granted a license to operate as a commercial bank by Bank of Uganda. This brings the number of commercial banks in the country to 25. According to a Bank of Uganda letter dated September 25, 2019, Opportunity bank …
Read More »Bamugemereire to probe ownership of former public land
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into land matters Lady Justice Catherine Bamugemereire has announced fresh probe into the ownership of former public land in the country. She says the new probe will centre on pieces of former public lands owned by Land registrars …
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