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MAK 100 YEARS: Absa Bank Uganda plants 300 trees in Kabanyolo

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Staff from Absa Bank Uganda have planted 300 trees and adopted 100 indigenous trees at the Makerere University School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Botanical Garden. The new Botanical Garden is found at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute Kabanyolo, as part of the …

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Glovo launches ‘The Couriers Pledge’ in Uganda

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Glovo, one of the world’s leading multi-category platforms has announced “The Couriers Pledge” launch in Uganda, a commitment by the company to increase the social rights and benefits available to all registered couriers. Since the initiation of the program in 2021, The Couriers …

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MPs ask Govt to adopt new tech to fight mosquitoes

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Parliamentary Forum on Malaria has urged the government to consider using drones to spray insecticide targeting large mosquito breeding grounds. The legislator’s Led by their chairperson, Dr Timothy Batuwa Lusala, made the call while addressing journalists at Parliament on Tuesday in preparation …

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Former Italian PM Berlusconi in intensive care

Rome, Italy | Xinhua | Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was admitted to the intensive care unit of a Milan hospital Wednesday, the Rome office of his political party Forza Italia has confirmed. News reports say he has severe cardiovascular problems, and has had ongoing health issues for several …

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Select Committee calls for forensic audit of sports body

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Select Committee constituted to investigate the operations of the National Council of Sports (NCS) has called for a forensic audit on the sports body. The recommendation is contained in the report presented by the Chairperson of the Select Committee, Hon. Laura Kanushu  …

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New bail guidelines still being tested

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has said that the new bail guidelines launched about a year ago to supplement the existing laws are yet to be fully implemented. In June last year, Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo issued the Constitution (Bail Guidelines for Courts of Judicature) Practice Directions …

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No dustbins: Taxi drivers complain, stuck with rubbish

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A number of taxi operators in Kampala are in a state of confusion, on where to dump the trash they would have collected from passengers in their vehicles, under the new anti-littering penalty announced by NEMA. Under the National Environment Act 2019, NEMA is …

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Trump in court

Trump charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, pleads not guilty Manhattan , USA | Xinhua |  Former U.S. President Donald Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, the Manhattan district attorney said on Tuesday afternoon. Trump, who was arraigned at the Manhattan Criminal Court in …

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