Health ministry, audits give conflicting figures Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | As Ugandans began contracting the novel coronavirus, President Yoweri Museveni on April.03, made an appeal for public solidarity in support of the health care system that was already in a crisis due to limited funding. Dozens of companies …
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Does it matter that government ignores their recommendations? Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | For the first time since the 2006 general elections, the European Union Election Mission will not have election observers in Uganda. Initially they citied the Covid-19 pandemic threat and ensuing travel complications for their absence …
Read More »Bobi Wine is selfish, power-hungry politician
He is leading his supporters and admirers to COVID-19 mass suicide with recklessness and irresponsibility THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has been hosting large rallies across the country. In all of them, tens of thousands of his supporters gather …
Read More »The Jopadhola mourn Deputy PM Kivejinja
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Padhola Cultural Institution (TACI) has sent condolence messages to the Isebantu the Kyabazinga William Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV, the People of Busoga and President Yoweri Museveni following the death of 2nd Deputy Prime Minister Ali Kirunda Kivejinja. “We share and stand in deep sorrow …
Read More »Kirunda Kivejinja is dead at 85
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Second Deputy Prime Minister Ali Kirunda Kivejinja is dead, family sources have confirmed. Kivejinja is one of the longest serving ministers in government, and was one of the founders of President Yoweri Museveni’s Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM) that contested the 1980 elections. Kivejinja, …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Gen Muhoozi is back
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Gen. Muhoozi is back: Bad news for Bobi Wine supporters THE LAST WORD Bobi Wine is selfish, power-hungry politician: He is leading his supporters and admirers to COVID-19 mass suicide with recklessness and …
Read More »Equity Uganda officially unveils a new brand identity
Equity will now present itself as a unified brand with a consolidated business model for its inclusive range of financial services. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Uganda, a wholly owned subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings has today unveiled a new identity in line with Equity Group Holdings’ ongoing …
Read More »DIGITAL IMPACT: Stanbic scoops three awards
📌Digital Impact Awards Africa ➡ Best Bank on Social Media ➡ Card Payment Excellence award ➡ Digital Powered Campaign (National School Championships) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda has won awards in three categories at the 2020 Digital Impact Awards Africa that were in the past week …
Read More »Inspired by the ordinary
Kateregga captures the everyday in his gripping paintings THE INDEPENDENT | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Not very far from the artist’s studio, you can hear the constant piercing sound of metal fabricators welding and hammering away at aluminum- steel metal. They fabricate the material to produce windows and doors for the …
Read More »Uganda – Kenya trade tension
Ugandan manufacturers to ran to East African Court of Justice over trade restrictions Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Tensions between Ugandan traders and the Kenyan government is likely to get worse a head of the festive season this December, according to executives at the Uganda Manufacturers Association. The traders …
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