THIS WEEK: Judges conference focus on extending justice to the disadvantaged Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Judges on Jan.22 embarked on a week-long conference to brain storm on how to improve Uganda’s justice system. Held at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Paul Gadenya the registrar of courts said that the gist of …
Read More »THIS WEEK: 25 peace corps education volunteers sworn in
THIS WEEK: 25 peace corps education volunteers sworn in Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The US Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac on Jan.18 presided over a swearing in ceremony for 25 new Peace Corp volunteers specializing in educational activities. The group of the US volunteers who will be in Uganda …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Radiation treatment resumes after two years halt
THIS WEEK: Radiation treatment resumes after two years halt Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients requiring radiotherapy can now get treatment at the Uganda Cancer Institute after the machine that had broken down in 2016 was officially replaced on Jan.19. The new machine is set to handle 80 patients a …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Parliament week marked, participants raise money for albinos
THIS WEEK: Parliament week marked, participants raise money for albinos Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shs75million was collected on Jan.21 in a campaign kicked off by parliament as part of events to mark its annual parliament week celebrations. The money will be used to construct a medical center and a …
Read More »Mowzey Radio still in intensive care, Bryan White visits with sh25 million
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four days after being beaten into a coma, Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio of the Goodlyfe Crew remains in intensive care at Case Hospital in Kampala. Radio was reportedly knocked out cold by assailants on Monday in Entebbe after an altercation at De Bar. Police …
Read More »Museveni confident Uganda on track to Middle Income by 2020
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said the National Resistance Movement has in the past 32 years set the stage to be in position to tackle, step by step, the residual problems and convert Uganda into a middle-income country by 2020 and an upper middle-income country …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Boda Boda and Taxis are a menace
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT| President Yoweri Museveni has singled out indiscpline on the roads as one barrier that needs to be overcome in Uganda’s drive to be considered fully stable. He urged the police to crackdown on reckless drivers, boda bodas (bicycles) and matatus (taxis). “I have heard foreigners …
Read More »The Magistrate bribery case adjourned to March 16
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Anti-Corruption Court Grade One Magistrate Patricia Amoko Thursday ordered both the Inspectorate of Government, and the Defence lawyers in the Corruption case against a Nakawa Court Grade Two Magistrate Agnes Napiyo, to put their houses in order and come back to Court on March 16, …
Read More »Uganda’s 2018 Best Farmer’s competition launched ‘live’ at farm
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sponsors and judges of the popular Uganda Best Farmer’s competition took off their suits and donned overalls on Thursday as they launched this year’s edition in Kiwenda in Wakiso district. “The first time we did this launch was in the boardroom with fruits on …
Read More »Ugandan tabloid Red Pepper apologises, back in print soon
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s most popular tabloid paper will soon be back on newsstands after senior management promised to be more “professional” and were given a presidential pardon late Tuesday. Eight editors and directors of the Red Pepper were originally charged with treason and later with damaging the …
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