Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Queen of Buganda Kingdom, Lady Sylvia Nagginda has advocated for significant investment in both the health and education sectors, arguing that this will stimulate desired development. While the national budget for 2023/24 climbed to Shillings 52 trillion, up four trillion Shillings from the previous …
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But reducing poverty is the best way to end this disease INTERVIEW | TOM NYIRENDA & NADINE DREYER | Every year, 10 million people fall ill with tuberculosis. Even though the disease is both preventable and curable, it kills 1.5 million people each year, making it the world’s deadliest infectious disease. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alliance for National Transformation- ANT has announced a nationwide mobilization to create awareness of the party and mobilize support ahead of the 2026 General elections. Speaking to journalists at the party Headquarters in Bukoto, Alice Alaso, the party’s National Coordinator said that the tours will start …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teachers in Luwero District’s secondary schools and tertiary institutions will have to wait another month to receive their February and March 2024 pay. Asaba Innocent Birekeyaho, the Luwero District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), has communicated the uncomfortable news to the affected officers. Teachers have not …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is seeking an additional Shs23.7 billion to settle tax obligations for 120,000 tablet computers procured for the upcoming national population census scheduled for May this year. The tablet computers cost Shs132 billion. With the Executive Director of UBOS, …
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa | Xinhua | South African National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula resigned Wednesday amid investigations into corruption allegations against her. “Today, the 3rd of April, I have submitted to the Acting Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Lechesa Tsenoli, my letter of resignation as both the Speaker of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP has asked the High Court Criminal Division in Kampala to dismiss the bail application filed by Molly Katanga who is facing charges of murdering her husband businessman Henry Katanga. Molly on Wednesday appeared before the Court via …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four new Members of Parliament have taken oath during the plenary sitting on Wednesday, 03 April 2024 presided over by Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa. Dokolo District Woman MP, Sarah Aguti, on the UPC ticket was the first to take the Oath of Allegiance and the …
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It could offer cheaper and easier way to detect the disease HEALTH | YVETTE NAUDE | Detecting tuberculosis early could play a significant role in eradicating the world’s most deadly infectious disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 1.5 million people die from this devastating disease each year. People infected with …
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TAIPEI/BEIJING | Xinhua | The 7.3-magnitude quake in China’s Taiwan on Wednesday morning had left nine people dead and 1,011 people injured as of 10 p.m., according to the local emergency operation center. Meanwhile, more than 100 people were trapped following the earthquake that hit the sea area near Hualien …
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