High HIV prevalence among men raises need to embrace new interventions targeting them Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA |Preliminary results of the 2016 Uganda Population HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) survey released recently have raised the concern of health sector workers on the issue. Preliminary results of the survey showed HIV …
Read More »UK investors irked by bureaucracy in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Investors from the United Kingdom face frustration due to bureaucracy and corruption as they seek to start up business in Uganda. This was revealed by Lord Dolar Popat from the House of Lords while hosting the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to a dinner in …
Read More »Oulanyah calls for calm amid tensions over age limit bill
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Deputy Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has confirmed that he has received two notices of motion in relation to a constitution amendment. In his communication to the members, Oulanyah who chaired the Tuesday session said that he had received two motions. The first …
Read More »LIVE from New York: President Museveni’s UN address
New York, United States | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has called for the end of tensions on the Korean peninsula, saying the world would lose nothing if North and South Korea unify. “Who would lose if North Korea and South Korea, were left alone, to discuss their …
Read More »THURSDAY: D-Day for Age Limit debate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has confirmed that he has received two notices of motion in relation to a constitution ammendment. Oulanyah told Parliament on Tuesday that the notices of motion will be discussed first with the relevant committee in a meeting Thursday …
Read More »TERM LIMITS: Matembe goes to Constitutional Court
Matembe wants the Constitutional Court to pronounce itself on presidential term limits Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Former Ethics and Integrity Minister Dr. Miria Matembe has taken Members of the 10th Parliament to the Constitutional Court, accusing them of unlawfully removing presidential term limits during the constitutional amendment of 2005. Matembe …
Read More »At least 25 dead in South Sudan oil state battle
Juba, South Sudan | AFP | An outbreak of fighting between government and rebel forces in South Sudan’s oil-producing north left at least 25 people dead, a state official said Tuesday. The clash between rebels loyal to exiled former deputy president Riek Machar and government forces occurred early Monday in …
Read More »Bobi Wine set for ‘Your Music, Your Voice’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Music and politics will come together in Kampala on October 3rd and 4th at the “Your Music, Your Voice” event. “Your Music, Your Voice” will create a platform for Pan-African dialogue between socially active artistes to discuss their role in using music and fame to …
Read More »Kanyamunyu’s fourth bail application hearing fixed
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Hearing of the fourth bail application filed by jailed Lugogo murder key suspect, Mathew Kanyamunyu, has been fixed for October 30, 2017 High court Judge Wilson Kwesiga is set to hear the application on that date. Justices Elizabeth Kabanda and Yasin Nyanzi dismissed Mathew Kanyamunyu’s three …
Read More »SafeBoda driving passenger safety
Ricky Rapa Thomson is the co-founder and the executive director of SafeBoda, an ‘Uber’ for motorcycles based in Kampala. He spoke to The Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba about efforts to transform the transport system in the country’s major towns. What are the key elements in your management style as a …
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