Why many Ugandans are addressing the wrong issue in the debate on lifting age limits THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week the NRM caucus did the expected and recommended the removal of age limits on the presidency so that President Yoweri Museveni can rule for …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Clergy call for a referendum on age limit
THIS WEEK: Clergy call for a referendum on age limit Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The clerics have called for a referendum on age limit. Speaking to journalists on Sept.18, the clerics – Uganda Muslim Supreme Council’s Mufti Shaban Mubajje , Rev. Stanley Ntagali of the church of Uganda, Arch. …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Justice Okalany wins prosecutor of the year award
THIS WEEK: Justice Okalany wins prosecutor of the year award Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |High Court Judge Susan Okalany was on Sept.14 awarded an international accolade as the prosecutor of the year during an awards dinner organized by the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) in Beijing China. Okalany who …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Anti – age limit MPs summoned for interrogation
THIS WEEK: Anti – age limit MPs summoned for interrogation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |After an NRM legislators’ meeting organized by Kassanda South representative Simeo Nsubuga proposed the tabling of a private members’ bill to amend article 102 (b) of the constitution which puts presidential age limit at 75 …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Museveni woos Qatar investors
THIS WEEK: Museveni woos Qatar investors Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda is fast becoming a middle-income country with vast investment opportunities in agro-processing, industrialization and the service based sector. “Uganda is moving towards becoming a fast world country based on four sectors; commercial agriculture, …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Ugandans in diaspora to be registered
THIS WEEK: Ugandans in diaspora to be registered Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has revealed that starting next year Ugandans in Washington, Nordic Countries and United Kingdom will start being registered for dual citizenship. Speaking during the Uganda – UK Convention held in London on …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Accountants institute release August CPA exams
THIS WEEK: Accountants institute release August CPA exams Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) released the August 2017 Certified Public Accountants of Uganda – CPA (U) course results indicating 3.1% pass rate decline when compared with the June 2017 examinations. Under the …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Australian firm to explore Kanywataba oil block
THIS WEEK: Australian firm to explore Kanywataba oil block Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ending a competitive licensing process that opened in February 2015, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development on Sept.14 signed an oil exploration agreement with an Australian firm, Armour Energy Limited (AEL). The company whose license …
Read More »ARTS: Gun, flowers, masks
Multimedia artist Xenson tackles contemporary issues with creative flair Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI |Even before I entered Afriart on 7th in Kampala’s Industrial Area to see Samson Ssenkaaba aka Xenon’s latest exhibition, I knew I was going to see rare creativity. It is a quality that defines this artist. …
Read More »What’s wrong with the men?
High HIV prevalence among men raises need to embrace new interventions targeting them Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA |Preliminary results of the 2016 Uganda Population HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) survey released recently have raised the concern of health sector workers on the issue. Preliminary results of the survey showed HIV …
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