This is the largest loan that the country has borrowed from Beijing for a single project NEW ANALYSIS | MUSINGUZI BLANSHE | Uganda has started paying back a $1.44bn loan to China. However, the flagship 600MW Karuma hydropower project that the government paid for is not finished, an official tells The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court has set November 30th, 2022 date for trial of Robert Mugabi, a boda boda rider accused of damaging the portrait of the president. Mugabi is battling one count of malicious damage after being charged last week. He appeared on Monday before …
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In Africa, we believe what we see, not what we hear COMMENT | YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI | News from Europe that a vast windfarm is being demolished to make way for a new open-pit coal mine is the reprehensible double standard we in Africa have come to expect. As Europeans …
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Entebbe, Uganda | Xinhua | President Yoweri Museveni said on Monday that while the developed world must reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Africa should play its part in stopping the destruction of forests and wetlands, which has contributed to adverse climate change effects. Museveni told reporters at State House Entebbe, 40 km …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is highly considering early closure of schools as one of the ways to prevent the likely spreading of Ebola virus disease into learning institutions. URN understands that this has been one of the issues that were presented before cabinet during its weekly sitting …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 129 police posts have been merged in a pilot study to test the effectiveness of President Yoweri Museveni’s proposal to rejuvenate the colonial sub-county-based policing model. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga, says that police resolved to first merge 76 police posts in Kampala Metropolitan and …
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How Kenyan troops, the latest addition, shift eastern DRC puzzle Kampala, Uagnda | IAN KATUSIIME | On Nov. 2, Kenyan President William Ruto flagged off a near 1000 troop contingent to eastern DRC on a stabilisation mission. The deployment of Kenyan troops as part of an East African regional force …
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Lessons from COVID show it’s a bad idea COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Since the first case of the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda was confirmed on September 20, the number of cases had by November 04 topped 131 across seven districts, including 17 in the capital city Kampala. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has eulogised fallen former NRA commander Lt.Col Ahamed Kashilingi. “Ndugu Kashillingyi (RIP) made his contribution to our struggle and we salute him. I have spoken to some of his children such as Halima, Busingye and others to convey to them our …
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Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | President Yoweri Museveni on Friday ruled out an Ebola lockdown, urging the public to concentrate on work. “People should go ahead and concentrate on their work without worry,” Museveni said in a tweet. The president, however, said the public should be more vigilant and observe the …
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