Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The directive by President Yoweri Museveni to several institutions to guide bio-technologist Robert Mijumbi refine his idea of a COVID-19 cure has only created him anxiety and unnecessary suspense, the young scientist told Uganda Radio Network in an interview. Mijumbi who was arrested in April …
Read More »MPs task CEC to address voting procedure in NRM Primaries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of National Resistance Movement- NRM party legislators has asked the Central Executive Committee (CEC) to review a decision allowing members not in the party register to vote in the primaries. Last week, President Yoweri Museveni directed that all NRM members should be allowed …
Read More »NRM violence likely to spill into 2021 general election- FDC
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is fear that the violence witnessed in the just concluded primary elections by the ruling National Resistance Movement -NRM party will spill into the forthcoming general election. The primaries which were held on Friday, across the country, were characterised by violent confrontations …
Read More »Violence in NRM primaries sets bad precedent-Opposition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament in the opposition have expressed concern about the violence witnessed in the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries. On Friday, NRM conducted its parliamentary primary election in which party members chose flag bearers for different constituencies ahead of the 2021 general …
Read More »Museveni gives ultimatum to IGP Ochola
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has given Inspector General of Police Okoth Ochola a chilling ultimatum: You either do your work or I will do it myself! Museveni disclosed the ultimatum he gave to the IGP himself this Monday at The president was speaking today at the NRM …
Read More »Museveni’s guidance on NRM primaries stirs mixed reactions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement-NRM party members have expressed mixed reactions to President Museveni’s guidelines on today’s party primaries. On Wednesday, President Yoweri Museveni, in his capacity as the NRM National Chairperson issued guidelines in which he instructed that all party members including those that are not …
Read More »Skilling Uganda started on a wrong footing- Education ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has acknowledged that the Business, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) Strategic Plan 2011 – 2020 also known as Skilling Uganda was started on a wrong footing. The program, launched in 2012, was expected to usher in a …
Read More »MOH starts evacuating COVID-19 patients to Namboole stadium
Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA & JUDITH KUKUNDA | The Ministry of Health today starts admitting positive COVID-19 patients at a new treatment facility at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole on the outskirts of the city. Col. Edith Nakalema, who heads the statehouse anti-corruption unit confirmed to journalists last evening that she had …
Read More »Mabirizi institutes criminal charges against Bobi Wine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has opened criminal charges against National Unity Platform leader Robert Kyagulanyi on allegations of giving false information about his age. In his documents filed before Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court, Mabirizi contends that Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on two occasions gave false …
Read More »Nutritionists seek guidelines on diets to beat COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been tasked to advise Ugandans on the most appropriate foods they should take to keep coronavirus diseases like COVID-19 at bay. David Kabanda, a lawyer working with the Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights, says that while it’s scientifically proven that …
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