Tag Archives: Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and the World Food Program have launched a program aimed at fighting malnutrition and food insecurity in Kampala. The program that was launched on Thursday at the City Hall in Kampala will start with a survey around the suburbs of Kampala …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda starts their “20 years in Uganda” celebrations with a futuristic expo at Kololo on Friday. “Celebrating the past, inspiring the future”, is the theme of a six-month-long celebration campaign to mark the double decade milestone of MTN’s existence in Uganda. The expo …

Toronto Marathon: Sunday 3.30pm EAT Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s former Olympic and world marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich returns to action this weekend in Toronto, eager to improve his personal best time and also grab some overdue glory. Kiprotich, the first Olympic champion to compete in the Scotiabank Toronto …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The U.S. government and the American people are continuing to support refugees in Uganda with nearly $83 million in additional humanitarian assistance by the end of the U.S. fiscal year 2018. According to a press release issued by the U.S Embassy in Kampala on Oct.17, …

Uganda’s top ceramicist, Bruno, shows off experience in new exhibit Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Ceramic art is rare on the Kampala’s contemporary art scene despite it being one of the oldest crafts in Uganda. It goes back many centuries as a vocation traditionally for the men. Across Uganda, they …

Government failed to realise that the cost of prevention is much lower than that of inaction COMMENT | ANDREW MAFUNDO | It is well known that the trade in counterfeit goods is a problem however few realize just how serious the problem is. According to Uganda National Bureau Standards(UNBS), 54 per …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has set November 7th as the conferencing date for appeals filed challenging the Age limit ruling by the Constitutional Court. The Court will be hearing appeals filed by Male Mabirizi, six Members of Parliament and Uganda Law Society. According to …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that government should focus on establishing joint ventures with foreign contractors for big infrastructure projects. Museveni, who addressed the public on Thursday after commissioning the source of the Nile Bridge in Jinja district, says that Ugandan engineers have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | German DJ Sarah Farina and Producer Yo van Lenz are amazed at the local talent they have found in Kampala. They have resolved to create bridges between German Djs and Ugandan ones, and to assist grow talent, and also offer support in acquiring modern …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | A deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is deeply worrying, but does not yet merit being labelled a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. “Based on the current context… the committee recommended that the current Ebola outbreak in DRC …