Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cross section of residents of Entebbe Municipality are unhappy with the new directive requiring the Residential District Commissioners and their deputies to issue travel permits for only a day. The Minister for the Presidency, Esther Mbayo told RDCs and Deputy RDCs on Monday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Procter & Gamble (P&G) President for Asia Pacific Middle East and Africa (AMA), Suranjan Magesvaran was in Uganda last week to re-affirm the company’s commitment to invest more in Uganda. Magesvaran met with the Minister of the Presidency, Esther Mbayo at the Statehouse in Kampala. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the President is seeking an additional 61.77 billion Shillings to fund the 2021 swearing-in ceremony for the president-elect and facilitation of Resident District Commissioners (RDCs). The request was tabled yesterday afternoon before Parliament’s Presidential Affairs Committee by the Minister in charge of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 95 people will receive medals in honor of their contribution towards the development, peace and the liberation of Uganda during the National Resistance Movement-NRM Liberation day to be held Sunday January 26. Speaking to the media at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has tasked the Education and Sports Ministry to present a budget for the provision of free sanitary pads to school girls. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga issued the directive after the Presidency Minister, Esther Mbayo, failed to state how much money government …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new campaign to influence behavioral change among youths has been unveiled as part of the Presidential Initiative to end HIV in Uganda. The campaign will be spearheaded by President Yoweri Museveni, whose recorded messages will be aired on both radio and TV stations …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has approved 100 names of people who will be awarded various medals on Heroes Day. The medals are in recognition of their contribution towards the liberation of the country. The Minister in charge of the Presidency Esther Mbayo announced this in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has ordered city tycoons Drake Lubega and Mansur Matovu to open their closed buildings for traders to resume their normal operations. The presidency Minister, Esther Mbayo issued the directive at a press briefing this morning. She directed police led by the Kampala Metropolitan police …
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