Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has commenced the construction of an access road to the new Busega market in Rubaga Division. The contractors, China State Construction Engineering Cooperation Limited started minor works at the end of March but have since progressed to laying gravel. The road …
Read More »Robert Maseruka wins Makerere University Guild race
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity platform- NUP candidate Robert Maseruka has been elected the new Guild President of Makerere University. According to results announced by Levi Tshilumba, the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Maseruka, a third-year student doing Journalism and Communication garnered 2,558 votes to beat his closest rival …
Read More »Muhakanizi to be accorded official funeral
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered that Keith Muhakanizi be accorded an official funeral. According to Pascal Kwesiga, a Communication Advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister, President Museveni ordered that their office coordinates with the family of Muhakanizi and have his body repatriated back …
Read More »Japan to launch new visa system next week to woo foreign talents
Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | Japan will launch a new and simplified system for granting highly skilled professional visas to foreign workers on April 21, the Immigration Services Agency said on Friday. Aimed at attracting more overseas talents to the country, the new system will give preferential treatment to foreign applicants who meet certain …
Read More »IPOD still has a future, says Rusa as he exits for KCCA Job
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Frank Rusa Nyakaana, who has been the face of the famed Interparty Organization for Dialogue-IPOD having served as its Executive Secretary says the organisation still has a future even without him at the steering wheel. Rusa made the remarks during an interview with Uganda Radio …
Read More »Education ministry issues ultimatum to private schools to register
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has set 30th June 2023 as the deadline for the re-registration of private schools across the country. Five years ago, the Ministry of Education and Sports recalled the licenses of all private schools and ordered them to register afresh …
Read More »IPC women case file forwarded to Judges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Registrar of the Court of Appeal has forwarded the file in which women opposition members under the Interparty Cooperation (IPC), challenged police brutality when they demonstrated against the Electoral Commission in 2010. The group petitioned the High Court accusing the police officers; Immaculate Mabuya …
Read More »MP Cecilia Ogwal blocked as Police battles rowdy residents in Soroti
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Soroti blocked the Dokolo District Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal from accessing Soroti Sports Ground. Ogwal had been invited by her counterpart, Joan Alobo Achom, the Soroti City Woman MP to officiate at the belated Women’s Day celebrations in Soroti City. But the function was …
Read More »Inmate kills colleague at Luzira prison
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A female inmate on Wednesday killed a fellow prisoner at Luzira Maximum Prison. Joan Bainomugisa who is serving a 19-year jail term for the murder of her husband developed a quarrel with an inmate Zainabu Aguti, who was also serving a murder sentence on Wednesday …
Read More »TikTok ban about global dominance of U.S. tech, not national security: Jacobin
NewYork, USA | Xinhua | The about-face from justifying tech expansion on the basis of free speech for decades to threatening to ban the social media TikTok reveals U.S. policymakers’ true objective: preserving the dominance of American tech capitalists, reported U.S. news portal Jacobin on Tuesday. “The growth of the video-sharing app …
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