Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 14 cross-cutting issues have been identified as the fourth national priority pillars of the third phase of the National Development Plan – NDP III. The first three pillars advocate for the promotion of inclusive development and sustainability of economic progress of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven witnesses and a woman, who was allegedly knocked by the late Michael Alinda alias Ziggy Wine, have been grilled by detectives at State House, Nakasero in Kampala. Ziggy Wine reportedly succumbed to injuries in the wee hours of Morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The return of shillings 1.7 billion that was meant for pensioners to the consolidated fund by the Defense Ministry in the 2017/2018 financial year has irked members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The issue came to the fore on Thursday during an interface between …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has vowed to deal with lazy district health officers (DHO) who carry out their duties in the comfort of their offices. According to ministry officials, many DHOs are not doing their work of supervising the provision of standard health care in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two leaders of Makerere University staff associations have been ejected from the staff mailing lists under unclear circumstance, URN has learnt. The affected are associate Professor Edward Nector Mwavu, the deputy chairperson of the Makerere University Academic Staff Association –MUASA and Benet Magara, the chairperson …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HRH Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor has challenged the Jopadhola to end land fragmentation, which he says has made it difficult for large scale commercial agriculture to be undertaken in Padhola. The cultural leader of the Jopadhola said the region will not benefit from the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is deteriorating immunity against malaria among people in Kampala, Dr. Jimmy Opigo, the program manager malaria control at the Ministry of Health has revealed. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on Wednesday evening, the doctor said their surveillance teams have noted an increasing number of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University managers are not contented with the decision of the university appointments board, suspending Dr. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi for six months on half pay. Through the university legal directorate, the university management has cross appealed the Board decision at the Makerere University Staff Appeals …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Despite resuming the review of the audited accounts of Uganda Revenue Authority-URA on Thursday, the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE still has a huge task ahead. The Committee has to review the URA audited accounts for the 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is in final stages of establishing national roaming guidelines that will enable telecom companies to fix mobile phone connectivity issues countrywide. National roaming refers to agreements among operators to use each other’s network to provide services in geographic areas where they have no …
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