Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY How safe is the COVID-19 vaccine :The Believers and the Doubters ANALYSIS The Queen Elizabeth Park lion massacre: How anti-trafficking tactics netted suspected killers THE LAST WORD The paradox Magufuli’s presidency: How fallen …
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Why they should embrace E-Government exploit the power of ICTs to help transform the accessibility of public services | COMMENT | PHOEBE ATUKUNDA | For one year now, Local Governments (LGs) in Uganda and the rest of the world have had to operate amidst challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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The artist Ocom Adonias has over the past three years created a body of work ‘Who is your Saint?’ Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The debut of this multi- media series fusing painting, photography, sculpture, collage and still motion-animation, was in 2018 at Afriart gallery in a solo show, …
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The 3 medical ones that will outlast the pandemic A number of technologies and tools got a chance to prove themselves for the first time in the context of COVID-19. Three researchers working in gene-based vaccines, wearable diagnostics and drug discovery explain how their work rose to the challenge of …
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They say Kenyan government will continue to use the excuse of aflatoxins to prevent entry of maize into their market Kamapala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Kenyan authorities on March 11 announced the lifting of a ban on maize imports from Uganda and Tanzania but exporters claim the ban still …
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It plans to increase the number to five in the next 4-5 years Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Carrefour, owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim has opened a second store in Uganda at Naalya, along the Northern Bypass, some 11kilometres out of Kampala city centre. Spanning over 2,050 …
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Commodity, tourism dependent economies likely to remain vulnerable over the next 12-18 months | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s commercial banks have recorded a sharp drop in the outstanding restructured loans from Shs7.7trillion in June to Shs4.8trillion in Dec, 2020, signaling improvement in the borrower’s ability to meet their loan obligations, …
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What the company plans for years to come Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | MTN Uganda recorded 9.5% surge in revenue to Shs1.98 trillion in 2020 amidst the effects of COVID-19, citing a sharp growth in customer subscribers. The company’s subscriber numbers increased by 12.3% to 14.2 million, up …
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Report shows how dictators exploited COVID-19 to quash opposition Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In 2018, the American democracy advocacy NGO, Freedom House, gave Uganda a score of 37% in its Freedom in the World Report and labeled the country “partly free”. Then in its 2019 report, Uganda’s score …
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Experts say linking event to oil exploration is far-fetched Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | When hundreds of elephants crossed from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Congo’s Virunga National Park late last year, Congolese conservationists were excited to see the big numbers of the jumbos back after a long time. …
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