How Kapeeka Industrial Park may be signaling a fundamental change in Uganda’s policy attitude THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Last week, on a visit to Gen. Salim Saleh in Kapeeka, I decided to also visit “his” industrial park. Although I travel for fortnightly pilgrims to Kapeeka to …
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Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Former Minister of Cooperatives and marketing Yona Bankobeza Kanyomozi was on Friday laid to rest amidst calls for economic change from opposition leaders. Kanyomozi, 81, succumbed to diabetes at Nakasero Hospital in Kampala on Sunday afternoon and was laid to rest on Friday …
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✳ 🇺🇬 Uganda 3 🇹🇿 Tanzania 0 Cranes players to each receive $2,500 from FUFA Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & FUFA MEDIA | Uganda Cranes has qualified for the 2022 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) after sealing a second victory against Taifa Stars of Tanzania in the return leg played …
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Kampala, Uganda | Flavia Nassaka – URN | More than seven thousand babies born with birth defects of the heart each year are missing out on life saving surgeries, the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) revealed on Saturday as they hosted Jennifer Jones the Rotary International President. Dr. John Omagino, the UHI …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tolbert Onyango, head coach of Uganda’s Rugby Sevens team, has named a 12-man squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, South Africa from September 9 to 11. Michael Wokorach and Ian Munyani will lead the team as captain and vice-captain respectively, …
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Analysts welcome move but fear bloc is expanding too fast Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Just eleven days after the Democratic Republic of Congo ratified the East African Community Treaty on July 11, the bloc’s leaders agreed to fast-track the verification of Somalia’s application to join the community. Sitting …
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They want government to create centralized data system on debt | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda government should enhance transparency during the acquisition of loans so as to improve accountability for the acquired loans according to civil society organizations. Jane Nalunga, the executive director SEATINI Uganda, Patrick Tumwebaze, the executive director, …
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The first six months of 2022 presented a complex combination of ‘head’ and ‘tail’ winds that affected the economy | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL) has recorded a 4.7% growth in profit-after-tax for the first six months to June.30 to Shs162billion. This comes amidst an unpredictable operating …
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The two countries are harmonizing relevant laws and approval processes to hasten pipeline construction Kamapala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Senior officials from Uganda’s petroleum authority (PAU) and Tanzania’s energy and water utilities regulatory authority (EWURA)—the agencies that have regulatory powers over the oil industry in the two countries—have renewed …
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The electricity firm H1 profits increased by 33% to Shs64bn Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity distributor, Umeme, has withheld payment of an interim dividend to its shareholders despite recording a 33% growth in profit after tax to Shs64bn for the six months period ending June.30. The company executives …
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