Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Busunga Village, in Kasese District on Thursday rejected a survey report from the Ministry of Lands. The survey was conducted by the ministry to harmonize park boundaries before Queen Elizabeth National Park erects an electric fence on the 21 Kilometer stretch along Kasese-Kikorongo. …
Read More »Wealthy households received more support during lockdown – survey
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Relatively wealthy people received more support, in cash and in-kind, compared to those who needed aid during the COVID-19 lockdown. These were the findings of a survey undertaken by Sauti za Wananchi at Twaweza Uganda between May and June 2020 the time when the …
Read More »MV Kalangala maintenance operations, survey called off indefinitely
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nation Oil Distributors Limited has called off the scheduled maintenance and survey of MV Kalangala citing the delayed arrival of engineers from Lloyds. MV Kalangala was scheduled to ceases operations today to allow for maintenance and survey for insurance purposes. The vessel has been …
Read More »Karamoja Minerals: Local Leaders call for survey to determine potential
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Karamoja want government to conduct seismic surveys to determine the full mineral potential of the region instead of continuing to sing about it. Karamoja is home to minerals like gold, limestone, marble and iron ore deposits. But the true extent of the deposits …
Read More »THIS WEEK: 50% of Ugandans would spend more to pay teachers better, global survey
THIS WEEK: 50% of Ugandans would spend more to pay teachers better, global survey Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Global Parents Survey 2018 released last week shows that more than any other country polled across the world, if there were additional funds to spend on their children, 56% of …
Read More »‘Ugandans not committed to democracy’
Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Retired Supreme Court Justice George William Kanyeihamba has a direct question for MPs seeking to amend the constitution so that President Yoweri Museveni can stay on. “Do you want to say that the movement (ruling party – NRM) hasn’t groomed anyone capable of replacing Museveni?” …
Read More »Uganda makes significant progress in National HIV response.
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Findings under the Uganda Population HIV Impact assessment survey conducted last year indicate that Uganda’s Hiv prevalence has dropped from 7.3% to 6.0%. The survey indicates that HIV/Aids is now prevalent among adult women and higher in urban areas. The findings released by the ministry …
Read More »Macron puts France top of ‘soft power’ rankings: survey
Paris, France | AFP | France has leapfrogged the United States and Britain as the world’s top so-called soft power, helped by the election of President Emmanuel Macron, a study of countries’ non-military global influence showed Tuesday. While France has risen, Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House has seen the …
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