Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER| MTN Uganda has announced that its integrated marketing and communication function will be taken over by TBWA Uganda with effect from July 1, 2017. MTN said the decision was made public “following successful completion of a transition process from its former agency Metropolitan Republic. In …
Read More »Cheptegei continues London 2017 build-up with 4th place finish
Uganda’s top distance runner Joshua Cheptegei continued his stready return to the track with yet another 4th place finish, this time in the 3ooom at the Paris Diamond Athletics League on Saturday night. In front of 14,568 spectators at Charléty Stadium, Cheptegei clocked 7:34.96 to finish fourth in a race …
Read More »THIS WEEK: State attorneys to strike over low pay
THIS WEEK: State attorneys to strike over low pay State attorneys under their umbrella body, Uganda Association of Prosecutors have given the government of Uganda a 14-day ultimatum to resolve their grievances chief of which they termed as systemic low pay in spite of their strenuous work as people tasked …
Read More »Sadam Juma scores a beauty as KCCA destroys Moroccans
Today KCCA FC ?? 3 FUS Rabat ?? 1 Rivers Utd 0 Club Africain 2 July 7 Africain v KCCA, & FUS v Rivers 11pm Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Midfielder ace Sadam Juma showed why KCCA FC went out of the way to sign him mid-season with a beauty …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Constitutional review process in motion
THIS WEEK: Constitutional review process in motion The government has started a constitutional review process geared towards enacting electoral reforms and other relevant reforms for improving the country’s democratic and governance process. Ruth Nankabirwa, the government chief whip told parliament that the ministry of justice and constitutional affairs has …
Read More »THIS WEEK: War over sugar factories
THIS WEEK: War over sugar factories A row is brewing between sugar cane out growers and district leaders over a new directive by President Museveni ordering the latter not to grant any license to new sugar factories unless there is a sufficient supply of sugarcane. The President also directed that …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Uganda Police rebuked on UN Torture Survivors Day
THIS WEEK: Uganda Police rebuked on UN Torture Survivors Day As Uganda commemorated the United Nations International Day in Support of Survivors of Torture on June 26 at CHOGM Square grounds, various speakers issued a stern warning to the Uganda Police over its unabated brutality and torture of innocent civilians …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Skepticism over oil bonus probe report
THIS WEEK: Skepticism over oil bonus probe report A number of people have expressed skepticism over the recommendations of the parliamentary oil bonus report in as far as reining in 42 government officials who received a cash bonus totaling Shs6bn for their role in defending Uganda against two British oil …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Displaced Bududa landslide victims living in uncertainty
THIS WEEK: Displaced Bududa landslide victims living in uncertainty The deadly landslides that occurred in 2010 in the eastern district of Bududa forever changed the lives of those displaced. The calamity claimed over 100 lives and now those who were relocated to Kiryandongo district are now returning to Bududa saying …
Read More »THIS WEEK: More ex-UBC staff face arrest
THIS WEEK: More ex-UBC staff face arrest Former employees at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) are in panic following the arrest of the station’s former Managing Director Paul Kihika on a raft of criminal charges. Kihika is under investigation in connection to a Shs3.6billion UBC Airtel sponsorship deal of airing the …
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