Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Works and Transport, Gen. Katumba Wamala says Ministries and agencies must work jointly to eliminate adhoc search and rescue operations on water bodies. He says agencies should support Marine Police and get involved whenever there are incidents and accidents on water …
Read More »Museveni calls for training of marine engineers
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated the need for Busoga University to teach marine engineering and related courses. He made the statement after commissioning 12 marine ambulances at the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF marine base in Entebbe. The event took place on Friday, May …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Bad news – America is back in Somalia
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Bad news: America is back in Somalia THE LAST WORD Museveni’s Umeme mistake: Why the refusal to renew their concession is not a big loss to Ugandan workers and investors and a boom …
Read More »Additional US troops arrive in Poland
Warsaw, Poland | Xinhua | A plane carrying U.S. soldiers landed in southern Poland on Sunday, on U.S. President Joe Biden’s order to deploy additional U.S. troops to Poland, Romania and Germany this week, amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. The 1,700 U.S. soldiers sent to Poland will operate …
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