COMMENT | Joseph Mukasa Ngubwagye | On Thursday, July 2, 2020, a one-year-old baby was attacked by a chimpanzee, biting its genitals off. The incident happened in Bulemwa village, Bujumbura Division, Hoima district. Reports indicated that the baby’s mother and a friend were out in the garden digging when this …
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More warnings to encroachers, less action on `investors’  | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | The sprawling Kehong Farm in Lubenge in Luweero district produces rice, bananas, eggs, and chicken meat. It is the pride of the area with its Chinese machines and scientific methods and a promise of over 30,000 jobs …
Read More »Â ‘Green’ enterprises key to country’s recovery post COVID-19
COMMENT | John Okiira | Green Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are those enterprises that either adopt practices that reduce the amount of waste generated or produce a good or service that helps user firms reduce amount of waste generated and as well conserve the environment. MSMEs play …
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The President needs to take decisive measures to consolidate the gains in the fight against the Corona virus COMMENT | WALTER AKENA | Over the last one month, President Yoweri Museveni has addressed Ugandans many times, each time giving an account of the nation’s efforts to break the chain of …
Read More »Women, climate change and COVID-19
COMMENT | Amumpiire Anna Akandwanaho | The outbreak of COVID19 pandemic is causing innumerable human suffering globally and there is fear that it is likely to worsen gender based inequalities worldwide. When a crisis hits a country, women are among those who suffer the most. The world is currently …
Read More »NEMA snubs CSOs petition on oil pipeline assessment report
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTÂ | The National Agricultural Management Authority-NEMA has snubbed a petition by civil societies under Civil Society Coalition on Oil and Gas-CSCO which requested the environment body not to approve the East African oil pipeline environment and social impact assessment report. The Civil Society Coalition on …
Read More »Museveni cornered on Shs 446 bn oil money
Will he flee or fight oil firms? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | President Yoweri Museveni’s plan to get Shs 446 billion from Uganda’s Petroleum Fund to finance part of the budget deficit this year may have been dashed when Tullow Oil refused to cough up Shs 600 billion in …
Read More »Academic qualifications sought for school management committee members
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â The Education Ministry has been asked to introduce minimum academic qualifications for members of School Management Committees. With a maximum composition of 12 members, the committees established through provisions of the Education Act are mandated to oversee the management of schools and represent the interests …
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Unlocking the facts, myth, secrets after Supreme Court ruling Kampala, Uganda | JULIAN SABIITI | If for once Uganda were considered a corporation where performance is measured on the basis of return on investment, the next meeting of shareholders would be the stormiest in this corporation’s history. The Chief Executive …
Read More »Uganda’s trending fashion
How popular sentiments have undermined our journalism and blinded our intellectuals from reality THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | It has become increasingly trendy and fashionable within certain sections of social media in Uganda to denounce President Yoweri Museveni. It does not matter what arguments one makes or …
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