Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | December 30th, 2023 will mark three years since the former bomber’s captain Isaac Ssenyange alias Zebra Mando was gunned down by officers under the Joint Ant-Terrorism Task Force (JATT). Zebra met his death on December 30, 2020, outside his residence in St. Francis Zone, Bwaise III …
Read More »Mulago hospital: Museveni meets surgeons after a successful kidney transplant
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met a group of surgeons from Mulago National Referral Hospital who performed the first Kidney transplant in Uganda at the facility last week. The group was led by the Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng met Museveni at State …
Read More »DR Congo awaits preliminary election results amid tensions
Vote counting continues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after episodes of irregularity reported in the general elections held on Dec. 20. KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | Vote counting continues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after episodes of irregularity reported in the general elections held …
Read More »Clerics decry declining morals among Ugandans
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious leaders across the country have called upon their followers to use this year’s Christmas to refrain from all behaviors that are antichrist. In their Christmas messages, the leaders said that Uganda is a religious country but many of the acts happening don’t reflect that …
Read More »Better jobs mean better development
Governments must learn how to enhance productivity and employment in labour-intensive service sectors COMMENT | DANI RODRIK | Conventional economics has always had a blind spot when it comes to jobs. The problem goes back to Adam Smith, who placed consumers, rather than workers, on the throne of economic life. …
Read More »General Assembly approves UN regular budget for 2024
UNITED NATIONS, UK | Xinhua | The General Assembly has approved an annual regular budget for the United Nations of about 3.59 billion U.S. dollars, UN News reported on Sunday. The 2024 budget is higher than that of 2023, which stood at nearly 3.4 billion dollars. The regular budget covers …
Read More »Hoima: Two herdsmen arrested over murder
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima police are holding two herdsmen accused of murder. The suspects whose particulars have been concealed for fear of jeopardizing police investigations allegedly together with others still at large connived and killed Pithuwa, a fisherman attached to Kabarangwa landing site, in Kibiro parish, Kiganja Sub …
Read More »Uganda raises tin purity standards for export
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a landmark move aimed at enhancing value addition to Ugandan minerals before export, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Dr. Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, has signed a new statutory instrument that sets higher purity levels for tin exports. The instrument was signed at the …
Read More »Banks respond to rising mass affluence in Africa
Demand for goods and services expected to surge as continent’s middle class spend hits US$2.5 trillion by 2030 COMMENT | MARGARET SOI | The purchasing power of Africa’s middle class is expected to grow significantly in the coming years: the continent’s middle class is expected to spend US$2.1 trillion by …
Read More »Vipers sack Brazilian Coach Neiva just six months since taking over
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vipers SC have parted ways with Brazilian Coach Leonard Martins Neiva six months after he took over the Star Times Uganda Premier League defending champions. Neiva took over the coaching responsibilities in July 2023 succeeding Alex Isabirye Musongola, who had surprisingly resigned from his position …
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