THIS WEEK: MPs visit sugar factory after Lugazi leaders’ petition Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of parliament attached to the Natural Resources Committee have visited Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL) factory in Lugazi Municipality following a petition by local leaders that the area is suffering from foul …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Toxic substances found in foreigners’ bodies, Kayima
THIS WEEK: Toxic substances found in foreigners’ bodies, Kayima Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police spokesperson Emilian Kayima revealed to journalists on Feb.19 that foreign substances were found in bodies of the two foreigners they discovered dead in top Kampala hotels. The two foreigners – Tersvouri Toomajuha Petteri from …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Parliament honors Heart institute surgeons
THIS WEEK: Parliament honors Heart institute surgeons Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has moved a resolution to honor surgeons from the Uganda Heart Institute who have successfully conducted two surgeries on patients suffering from Coronary artery heart disease. Dubbed, triple and double coronary bypass heart surgeries, the operations conducted …
Read More »Museveni tells EAC, ‘We are on the right side of history’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT| Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has urged East African leaders to push for political integration in order to secure the future prosperity of the region. “I am happy that the negotiators have agreed on the initial step of the confederation and on the framing of …
Read More »Uganda health ministry confirms cholera outbreak in refugee camps near Lake Albert
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of cholera in refugee settlements in Hoima and Kyegegwa Districts a day after up to 26 deaths were reported after attacks of acute diarrhoea. The deaths were recorded at the Kyangwali camp in Hoima close …
Read More »THE INDEPENDENT: Telcos protest move to monitor business
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. COVER STORY Fight over Shs44 trillion mobile money: Telecoms protest State House move to monitor business. THE LAST WORD The problem with Africa: If our countries remain poor, it’s because its leaders and elites are too …
Read More »Jailed DPC final appeal fails to proceed
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Five Justices of the Supreme Court have resolved to push to the next criminal session later in the year, the appeal hearing of jailed Mukono DPC James Peter Aurien, after his lawyer indicated he was not ready to proceed. Aurien was sentenced to death …
Read More »East African countries to improve cross border health care
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The East African Community heads of state Thursday resolved to expand access to specialized health care and cross border health services in the region to preserve the region’s human capital base. The leaders also agreed to strengthen the network of medical reference laboratories and …
Read More »Serial car robber given 100 years in jail
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A notorious car robber has been sentenced to 100 years imprisonment by the High Court in Kampala. This is the 3rd time 33-year-old Musa Kalule has been convicted of a similar offence in addition to having two pending case files . According to court …
Read More »Diarrhoea kills 26 Congolese in Ugandan refugee camp
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Twenty-six Congolese refugees at a fast-growing camp in western Uganda died from acute diarrhoea in just three days, the UN said Thursday. Tens of thousands of people have fled an upsurge of fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, many …
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