Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda Cranes will be seeking their first win in 41 years at the Africa Cup of Nations finals when they take on neighbours DRC in their opening match. This is Cranes’ second straight return to the Nations Cup finals, having featured in …
Read More »AMISOM prepares Somalia electoral officials for 2020/1 polls
Kampala | THE INDEPENDENT | A four-day workshop on electoral security and dispute resolution for senior Somalia government officials involved in election planning and management concluded successfully in Kampala, Uganda on Thursday The aim of the workshop organised by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is to ensure Somalia is fully prepared for …
Read More »Kasaija’s budget transparency initiative
It aims at putting citizens at the centre of its formulation, implementation Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | “The budget is no longer interesting to us. We no longer listen to it because it does not give information that we want as farmers. Many years ago, the minister would read …
Read More »Inside URA’s proposed customs taxes
Local consumers and businesses – not the exporting countries – will pay the price Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The good news coming from the Nakawa-based Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is that local firms, will effective July this year, be protected from external competition as government increases taxes on …
Read More »WHO chief meets Museveni, reassured on Ebola control
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has met World Health Organization (WHO) Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who is in the country to assess the response to the current Ebola outbreak in Kasese District, Western Uganda. The WHO chief hailed Uganda’s response to the outbreak, saying that “we …
Read More »Besigye gives opposition pain
But does his defiance hurt help FDC or IPOD? Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | Lydia Wanyoto knows how to kill boredom and keep stress away. Dance. And she did exactly that on May 20 at the Protea Hotel in Entebbe when President Yoweri Museveni kept delegates to the 2nd …
Read More »State of the Nation Address
An assessment of the President’s annual speech Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A lot has happened in the last one year; the standoff between Uganda and Rwanda has escalated into a full-blown crisis and there are fears over what could happen anytime due to the tension at the common …
Read More »Museveni locks out oil investors
It’s Total disaster Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Uganda’s oil sector has been thrown into another toss up after President Yoweri Museveni cancelled a highly anticipated meeting on June 05 between him and oil production company executives; The Independent can exclusively report. The meeting was to be a …
Read More »LIVE: Matia Kasaija’s Sh40 trillion budget
▶ THEME: Industrialization for Job Creation & Shared Prosperity 💠 2019 – Sh40 trillion 💠 2018 – Sh32 trillion 💠 2017 – Sh22 trillion 💠 2016 – Sh20 trillion ▶ Domestic financing 74.5 percent ▶ External Financing 25.5 Top ✅ Works-Transport Sh6.4 trillion ✅ Security 3.6 trillion ✅ Education 3.2 trillion Bottom …
Read More »How Ebola virus has spread to Uganda from DRC
Kampala, Uganda | Grace Matsiko – AFP | A five-year-old boy is being treated for Ebola in Uganda, the first case since a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo 10 months ago, Health Minister Ruth Aceng said Tuesday. Uganda has been on high alert since the outbreak across …
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