Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom is up in arms against the proposed construction of a hydro power dam at Murchison falls. Early this year, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) published a notice in newspapers indicating that it had received an application from Bonang Power and Energy …
Read More »Contentious Uganda hydro project back on the table
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda will approve a feasibility study into building a hydro power station near the awe-inspiring Murchison Falls, the tourism ministry said Friday, three months after vowing to scrap the project. The about-turn has infuriated tourism operators who fear the 360-megawatt project on the Victoria …
Read More »Valencia confident Uganda’s Cheptegei can break world record
✳ Today ✳ 10.30 am ✳ Star to watch: 🇺🇬 Cheptegei ✳ WATCH LIVE here (click) Valencia, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT & @VCRunning | The 10K Valencia Trinidad Alfonso, which will be held in parallel with the Valencia Marathon on the Sunday December 1, will be the last edition of this event in …
Read More »UN: Kenya, Uganda fail to enforce South Sudan sanctions
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Ahead of a key IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government meeting due Friday in Addis Ababa, United Nations (UN) monitors have warned of the failure of Kenya and Uganda to enforce sanctions on war-stricken South Sudan The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is today …
Read More »EKN invests additional Sh42 Billion to boost dairy sector in South Western Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a huge boost to Uganda’s dairy sector, SNV Uganda has signed a new partnership agreement with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Uganda, worth Euro 10.4 million (sh42 billion) to implement Phase II of The Inclusive Dairy Enterprise Project (TIDE). …
Read More »Airtel joins international money transfer business
As the festive season spending gains momentum, users of Airtel money services have got an additional solution on the platform to use. It is the international money transfer services. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The new service was launched on Nov.14 at Kampala Serena Hotel. It will enable users …
Read More »French retail chain Carrefour to open outlet in Kampala
The operator will fill the gap created by the exit of Nakumatt and Uchumi Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Competition among chain stores in Uganda is set to tighten with the coming of a new player, Carrefour from France. Proprietors are planning to open two stores in Kampala soon, …
Read More »Ugandan media in crisis
Recent protest against police attacks exposes weakness within Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Polly Namaye, the deputy spokesperson of the Uganda Police Force, on Oct. 31 walked into the offices of the Uganda National Examinations Board. The exam body was holding a press conference to explain preparations for the …
Read More »‘Here’s the moment to secure your ability to vote or be voted’
Many times, both politicians and those who back them confuse two things – voters and supporters COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru | All factors constant, which of course never happens, politics is a game of numbers. More often than not, however, one and one add up to 11 instead of the modest …
Read More »The politics of Uganda’s healthcare
Why our hospitals lack ambulances as public officials indulge themselves in fancy four-wheel drive vehicles THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Last week someone close to me had a medical emergency in Mubende referral hospital. A child died inside the womb of his fiancé. The only ambulance the …
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