How new NFA tracking technology is improving monitoring and enforcement Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | All Uganda’s forests will have disappeared in the next 30 years, if nothing is done to save them today. That is what the experts at the National Forestry Authority (NFA) say. But not many …
Read More »EA Standby Force needs extra sh13billion to function properly
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Eastern Africa Standby Force – EASF curators have pitched to funders sh13 billion, about USD 3.7 million to enable her finance various activities in 2022. On Friday 17 December, the delegates who consist of the Military, Police and Civilian components concluded five …
Read More »Bus crushes Mbale veterinary doctor
Mbale, Uganda | A leading veterinary doctor in Mbale Dr Moses Chepkurui has been crushed to death by a speeding bus. According to eye witnesses, Chepkurui was on Friday riding his motor cycle home after a busy day, when a Goglon bus ignored his indicator that he was branching to …
Read More »Utopian dreams of Ugandan elites
Why the goal to eliminate corruption is delusional, self-deceptive, and downright hypocrisy THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M MWENDA | In 2002, Kenyans voted into power an opposition presidential candidate, thus ending President Daniel arap Moi’s 24 years rule which was seen by many as one of the most corrupt in …
Read More »Uganda buys Chinese arms for war on ADF
A partnership between the UPDF and one of China’s largest defence contractors could upset allies America Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | On Nov. 30, the Ugandan army alongside the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Forces (FARDC) launched joint air and artillery strikes against camps of the Congo-based Uganda rebels …
Read More »‘KCCA must enforce Non-Motorized transport’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPEDNENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport has asked Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to enforce Non-Motorized Transport along Namirembe road. In 2018 KCCA started construction of Uganda’s first non-motorized transport corridor which stretches from Namirembe road through Luwum street to Entebbe road. The corridor was …
Read More »UNICEF happy schools re-opening, calls for end to closures
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Despite the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron COVID-19 variant, nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible, the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Henrietta Fore has said. The new cases are being fuelled, increasingly, by Omicron, the new variant of concern …
Read More »Babirye has seen it all as a traffic cop for 40 years
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Last week, Robinnah Ssemakula Babirye, hang her police boots after 40 years of service. She retired at the rank of Inspector of Police -IP, having joined the police force in 1980s. In an interview with Uganda Radio Network -URN, Babirye said she has left …
Read More »Crisis as schools hunt for teachers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many private school operators are currently hunting for teachers as educational institutions prepare for full reopening after close to two years of closure in Uganda. Due to the COVID-19 induced lockdowns, private schools in Uganda laid off their staff since many couldn’t afford to …
Read More »Selling immature Coffee compromises quality, farmers warned
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities have warned farmers to desist from selling immature coffee saying the move affects the quality of coffee in the country. Liza Luseesa, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority – UCDA manager for Central region said that although farmers are aware that it is only …
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