Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame will on Sunday, February 2, 2020, meet in Luanda, the Angolan capital for a second attempt at talks to resolve the dispute between Uganda and Rwanda. The presidents, whose advance teams from either country have …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The highs and lows of the 2019 Uganda Certificate of Examination results show that the number of registered candidates increased by 0.7%, performance was better than that of 2018, with 92.2% candidates passing compared to 87.2%, but nearly half of the students who sat failed physics and chemistry papers. …
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Greta Thunberg puts Africa’s climate activists in media spotlight Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | After a racism debate in Davos on the invisibility of African climate activists, Greta Thunberg held a press conference Friday with eco warriors from Kenya, Uganda and South Africa to stress the importance of their voices. …
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Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The UN health agency on Thursday declared an international emergency over the deadly coronavirus from China — a rarely used designation that could lead to improved international co-ordination in tackling the disease. “Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries …
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Contractor, Ministry of Energy say it will be ready in November 2020 Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The commissioning of the 600MW Karuma Hydropower Dam has again been extended to November 2020 to allow the contractor deliver a fit for purpose project. This is the third time that Karuma …
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Mugerwa ready to jump into Uganda Presidential race with New Green Deal Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the clock ticks towards Uganda’s presidential nominations in August 2020, another person has declared his intentions to challenge President Yoweri Museveni. Timothy Mugerwa, an environmentalist, joins Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu …
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They say government failure to account for past abuses not a good sign Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Ugandan government’s continued failure to account for past human rights abuses does not bode well for the 2021 general election, Human Rights Watch said in its recent global annual review …
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Top officials clash over budget deficits, new administrative units Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is having a hard time meeting its targets and the fall-out is leading to fights between the tax body, Ministry of Finance technocrats and their political supervisors. The key issues …
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The successes and the challenges of NRM Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), marked Liberation Day January 26 in Ibanda District, western Uganda. Liberation Day commemorates the NRM capture of power in 1986 after a five-year guerrilla war. The 34th anniversary was …
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Why Bobi Wine, Besigye, Muntu can’t unite Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the leader of Uganda’s newest political party; the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) faces a crucial test this June when it holds its first Delegates Conference. Muntu’s position as leader is not under threat …
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