Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s capacity to manage its growing public debt will depend on the country’s ability to export oil by 2023, a Bank of Uganda June 2019 State of the Economy report has shown. In the report, the Central Bank indicates that Uganda’s public debt stock will …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police disciplinary tribunal has demoted a Police officer from Sergeant (Sgt) to Corporal (Cpl) for tempering with the list of Probation Police Constables-PPC recruits. The affected officer is Francis Okullo, who is attached to the Police Human Resource Administration (HRA) Directorate. Police Spokesperson, Fred …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are only 16 dental specialists in the country, according to a new report on the status of the health workforce by the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council-UMDPC. These are part of the 4563 medical practitioners that renewed their licenses last year. Dr. Katumba …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Force-UPF is yet to pay Uganda Telecom Shillings 3.1 billion for services offered during the 2017 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Despite receiving the money in the 2018/2019 financial year budget, the force still failed to clear the arrears due to absence …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have tasked a team of detectives from the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID to investigate the kidnap and subsequent death of musician Michael Kalinda alias Ziggy Wine. Kalinda breathed his last at Mulago National Referral Hospital this morning. The deceased was found in a devastating …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Retired Lt. Col. Francis Itabuka, the former Director State Research Bureau-SRB, says he opted not to claim his gratuity from the Defense Ministry due to negative media publicity. According to Itabuka, the media has labeled the Idi Amin government as a military regime and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ninety two percent health workers in the country lack the training to manage snake bite injuries, Dennis Kibira, the Executive Director for Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development-HEPs has revealed. According to Kibira, a study conducted in 2018 also shows that only 4 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamwenge district has received brand new facilities worth Shillings 4.5 billion for hosting 69,000 refugees. They include classrooms, toilets, and tanks for rain water harvesting at Damasiko, Mukole and Kamusenene Primary Schools in Kibaale East County. The facilities were built under the Development Response …
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Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kuushu town council in Bududa district have have raised a red flag over a dilapidated bridge that has turned into a death trap. The bridge leading to the home of the area Member of Parliament Godfrey Watenga Nabutanyi collapsed 9 months ago after …
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El Paso, United States | AFP | A gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire on shoppers at a packed Walmart store Saturday, reportedly killing at least 15 people in the latest mass shooting in the United States. Although the exact scale of the tragedy in El Paso, Texas, …
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