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Kisoro to name stadium after the late Sarah Mateke

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district councillors have unanimously passed a motion to name the proposed Shaza stadium after the late Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi, State Minister for Defense and Veteran Affairs. The resolution was passed on Wednesday during a joint special council meeting held at Nyirabashitsi’s ancestral home …

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Kigezi mourns Sarah Mateke

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in the Kigezi region are mourning the passing on of Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi, State Minister for Defense and Veteran Affairs. Mateke Nyirabashitsi, 50, who is also Kisoro District Woman Member of parliament died on Saturday morning on arrival at Mengo Hospital in Kampala after …

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State Minister for Defence Sarah Mateke dead

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs Sarah Mateke is dead. According to her close friend Hope Bizimana, Mateke who is also the Kisoro Woman Member of Parliament suffered a heart attack and was rushed to Mengo Hospital, where she died on arrival. Mateke …

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Government to close over 50 unlicensed child care homes

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the Ministry of Youth and Children Affairs plans to close about 50 illegal children care homes across the country. The ministry is concerned about reports suggesting a rise in child care institutions in most urban areas that are “unknown” to the government …

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Mentorship and leadership programme for women parliamentarians launched

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The British High Commission, in partnership with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), UN Women and the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) on December 07 launched the second cohort of their mentorship programme for women parliamentarians in Uganda. The one-year programme, which will …

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