Tag Archives: Uganda

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Finance Minister Matia Kasaija last week wrote a letter officially confirming the suspension of a Memorandum Of Understanding on the running of the Democratic Governance Facility in Uganda. Cancellation of DGF MFPED Feb 2020 (003) (2)   Share on: WhatsApp

But manufacturers want power to come at cheaper price to enhance their competitiveness Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Industries operating within Kampala Industrial and Business Park, Namanve, are now receiving reliable, stable, quality and adequate electricity following Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited’s bold step to install 189MVA, 132/33kv Namanve …

Industrial sector rent remains stable as that of office and residential falls Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Rents in industrial sector has remained stable amidst the coronavirus pandemic as that of office and residential sectors take a southward trend. The Knight Frank’s latest Kampala market performance review shows that, …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  External Security Organisation–ESO and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence –CMI have joined the probe of local singer, Ameria Nambala, who was found in possession of 48 passports whose owners cannot be traced.  The artist was arrested from Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on Friday by plain-clothed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Former NTV news anchor, Gabriel Epenu is still struggling to recover fully due to lack of funds following an accident eight years ago.  Epenu was involved in an accident at Seeta in Mukono district in 2013, which left him bedridden.  His sister, Natasha Epenu, says …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yang Jiechi, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC, has delivered to Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni a message from China’s President Xi Jinping. The top China …

Museveni’s violence and what it should teach us THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | On Feb.17, the NRM government, in characteristic style, used military police to unleash violence against a group of activists escorting Bobi Wine to the UN Human Rights office to deliver a petition. It was …

Will the Chief Justice quit Kyagulanyi’s presidential election petition? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Supreme Court is preparing to hear lawyer Male Mabirizi’s application he filed on Feb.11 asking Alfonse Owiny-Dollo, the Chief Justice, to disqualify or recuse himself from participation in the hearing and determination of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Male Mabirizi VS Alfonse Owiny-Dollo: Will the Chief Justice get out of Kyagulanyi’s presidential election petition? THE LAST WORD I am shocked Ugandan journalists are angry: Museveni’s violence and what it should teach …

EU funding will, among others, contribute to ensuring the cold chains, roll-out registration programmes, training of medical and support staff as well as logistics.  Brussels, Belgium | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced today $121 million (€100 million) in humanitarian assistance to support the …