Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Henry Arinaitwe, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration at Makerere University, has emphasized the importance of collaboration between student leaders and the University Council to address issues affecting students. He made these remarks during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On 7th March, National Unity Platform- NUP candidate, Lubega Vincent Nsamba, 22 was declared new Guild President of Makerere University after winning the hotly contested polls by a margin of only four votes. Nsamba, a second-year student pursuing Social Sciences garnered 2,540, his closest …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is excitement and confusion in the family of Christopher and Gertrude Kazirya, residents of Kayonza village in Butuntumula Sub-county in Luwero district. It all started on Tuesday this week when the couple received news that their son, Bernard Wajja Nsamba, had been killed in …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform-NUP Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has said that the struggle he is leading to liberate Ugandans from bad governance is real. Kyagulanyi says that although some leaders in the current regime are creating an impression that he cannot be President, it …
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The successes and the challenges of NRM Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), marked Liberation Day January 26 in Ibanda District, western Uganda. Liberation Day commemorates the NRM capture of power in 1986 after a five-year guerrilla war. The 34th anniversary was …
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Kabuleta saga evokes different views from Uganda’s online community, experts kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | What exactly do Police mean by disturbance of peace and quiet of the president? And what exactly entails legitimate communication? These questions once again came to the fore following the most recent arrest of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kassanda North MP Patrick Nsamba Oshabe was on Wednesday allowed to table a private members bill, without a certificate of financial implication. Parliament Rules of Procedure provide that all Bills introduced in the house shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Financial Implication …
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liament Kasanda North legislator Patrick Nsamba was on Feb.24 granted leave of parliament to introduce a private members bill on local content. The bill according to Nsamba seeks to address issues of job creation through use of local expertise, value addition and also provides for the establishment of the National …
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