IN THE INDEPENDENT: Election budget shoots to sh870bn

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT.

COVER STORY
2021 election budget: Panic over jump from Shs400bn to Shs870bn

THE WEEK
Education: Gov’t scraps end of term exams , student projects introduced

THE LAST WORD
GDP and improved health: How sustained economic growth influences health through nutrition and better living conditions

ANALYSIS
Isimba Dam changing the face of Kayunga, Kamuli: The government
needs to invest in tourism and fishing activities near the dam

ANALYSIS
Pain of Middle East jobs: Why government faces dilemma in fighting human trafficking

COMMENT
Failure to appoint judicial officers: The Constitution enjoins Parliament to increase the number of judges as failure is injurious to the dispensation of justice

HEALTH
Defining a global public health emergency: WHO considers mortality rates, the size and global distribution of population affected, and the need to coordinate global resources

ARTS & CULTURE
Ronex explores order and chaos in `Options’: Does hesitating to make a choice leave you safer?

MOTORING
Volkswagen has a winner: 2020 Volkswagen Touareg

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