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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Government has asked States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention to consider establishing an academy in Uganda to build local and regional capacity in handling chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear-related affairs. The appeal was contained in a statement delivered on Nov.23 by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of parliament sitting on the parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) expressed displeasure when they were informed the former executive director in charge of supervision at Bank of Uganda (BoU), Justine Bagyenda had flown out of the country at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mengo hospital agreed on Nov.23 to take Responsibility and agreed to pay Shs35million to a bereaved couple that lost their baby boy when an intern doctor gave him an injection that took his life. According to the consent judgment, the hospital agreed that they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government Spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has revealed that come 2019, the country will start issuing e-pass ports, a move by the East African Community states to move from machine readable passports to digital versions. While the old passport has been costing the country Shs150, 000, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Nov.26, the Electoral Commission (EC) in Busia district declared Independent candidate Geoffrey Wandera newly elected LC V of Busia district after he went through unopposed. This was after nomination for Democratic Party and National Resistance Movement Party candidates was cancelled. In two statements, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala tycoon Shukla Babubhai Mukesh was last week charged with fraud and now his file has gone missing from police, reports say. Mukesh commonly known as Shumuk is the boss behind Shumuk Aluminium Industries and was facing 13 counts ranging from forgery, uttering false …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Sugar Bill that seeks to regulate the industry. In the new piece of law passed on Nov. 23, the MPs rejected a government proposal to provide operating zones for mills which they had put at a distance of 25kms apart. …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Justine Bagyenda: Why former BoU supervision director defied parliamentary probe THE LAST WORD Uganda’s performance paradox: How Museveni behaves like his critics in undermining the credibility of his own government. NEWS ANALYSIS …

One-fifth of the 25 million new jobs AfD Btargets for youth in Africa could come from off-grid solar COMMENT | Mugo Kibatiand and Gilles Vermot Desroches | Africa is on the verge of an unemployment crisis portending profound economic, political, and social ramifications. But the crisis can be averted, and …

One kilogram is being redefined – a physicist explains Kampala, Uganda | KEVIN PIMBBLET | How much is a kilogram? 1,000 grams.2.20462 pounds. Or 0.0685 slugs based on the old Imperial gravitational system. But where does this amount actually come from and how can everyone be sure they are using …