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 Why Uganda cranes players staged sit-down strike

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cranes are the second team together with Zimbabwe to go on a sit-down strike and miss training over alleged unpaid allowances at the on-going 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. The Nigerian team players also boycotted one of the …

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Bankers’ conference to discuss funding for farmers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan bankers will this month use their annual conference to discuss how they can offer money to the agricultural sector. According to Patrick Mweheire, the Executive Director of Stanbic Bank and Chairman of Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA), agriculture has huge impact on key issues …

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MPs query KCCA UGX 27Bn expenditure on legal costs

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE has faulted Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA officials for spending Shillings 27 billion on legal fees in the 2016/2017 financial year. According to the Committee, the Shillings 27 billion was above the Shillings 16.3 billion budgeted for …

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Police to recruit 4,500 constables

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Police Force (UPF) has announced recruitment of 4,500 Probation Police Constables ahead of the 2021 general elections. Police had previously indicated that it would be recruiting about 10,000 constables to fill the vacuum created by police constables who have deserted, retired, killed and died …

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Parliament among KCCA ground rent defaulters

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament is among the list of government entities that owe Kampala Capital City Authority–KCCA Shillings 16billion in ground rent and property rates for the 2016/2017 financial year.  The others are Uganda Police Force headquarters, National Water and Sewerage Corporation-NWSC among others. The acting KCCA Executive Director, …

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Magistrate refuses to summon Museveni over Nyanzi

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Court Magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu has declined to summon President, Yoweri Museveni as one of the witnesses in the trail of Dr. Stella Nyanzi. Dr Stella Nyanzi’s legal team had asked court to summon, President Museveni as one of the witnesses in the …

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Judiciary PS skips PAC meeting over audit queries

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary Permanent Secretary, Kagole Kivumbi was no show at a meeting convened by the Public Accounts Committee-PAC of Parliament. The committee chaired by the Budadiri West MP, Nathan Nandala Mafabi had summoned Grace Akullo, the Director Criminal Investigations (CID) to take part in …

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Magnitude of antibiotic resistance in Uganda unknown-Expert

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is a common practice for patients in different parts of the country to move around with cannulas on their wrists or arms. However, medical experts warn that this exposes patients to further infection. Ibrahim Mugerwa, a Senior Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Officer under the …

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