What USAID shutdown means for Uganda - The Independent …
Feb 11, 2025 · USAID was officially shut down on Feb.7. Aid programmes, local economy in turmoil. ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | Aid programmes in Uganda are in a severe crisis following the shutdown of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by President Donald Trump.The shuttering of USAID, America’s primary vehicle for humanitarian assistance, has caused consternation in the developing world.
Gen Muhoozi in Rwanda for military pact - The Independent Uganda
Mar 3, 2025 · Muhoozi (right) salutes as he arrives in Kigali on a Uganda Airlines chartered flight in 2022. FILE PHOTO. Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba is in Rwanda for a high-profile meeting with President Paul Kagame, ChimpReports has reported. According to ChimpReports, Muhoozi’s visit follows a series of high-level security ...
Why Africa may remain poor even after 100 years - The …
Dec 28, 2024 · FILE PHOTO: UN troops in DRC. It will depend on whether past mistakes continue to shape continent’s future or it can unlock its potential. FEATURE | JULIUS DOMBA | Africa, often referred to as the cradle of humanity, is a continent brimming with untapped resources, vibrant cultures, and immense potential.Yet, it remains the world’s poorest continent, home to 33 of the 46 least developed ...
How local broadcasters are undermining Uganda’s film industry
Feb 28, 2025 · The local regulator , The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), needs to step in to save the film industry. COMMENT | Mitchel Mwesigwa | One afternoon, while flipping through local Free-to-Air channels, I stumbled upon something unsettling—a Hollywood blockbuster, fresh from its Box Office release, airing on a local TV station.This wasn’t a licensed pay-tv network or an exclusive ...
Impact of US$950m USAID funding freeze - The Independent …
Feb 18, 2025 · ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Malaria vaccination and HIV treatment are among numerous health programmes at risk in Uganda as the country’s science research centres suffer the impact of a U.S. freeze on overseas aid. Makerere University Kampala, one of Uganda’s leading research institutions, has laid off 200 staff members and suspended multiple research programmes, according to the vice-chancellor ...
LIVE: Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba tweets
Aug 17, 2024 · Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba is fully back on X (twitter). His latest is a tweet critical of Presidential advisor and brother in law Odrek Rwabogo, that he deleted soon after. He had taken a sabbatical most of 2023, after President Yoweri Museveni apologised to Kenya for …
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COLONIAL AFRICA: Economic dependency and the legacy of …
Jan 18, 2025 · slave trade. COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | The arrival of mercantilism and capitalism in Africa not only disrupted traditional structures but also embedded the continent in a global economic system designed for its exploitation.For centuries, Africa was cast as a supplier of raw materials, a market for finished goods, and a source of cheap labour, while its people were denied the benefits ...
M23 appoint Emmanuel Birato Governor of South Kivu
Mar 1, 2025 · KINSHASA, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have appointed Emmanuel Birato Rwihimba as the governor of South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This comes two weeks after the rebels seized Bukavu, the provincial capital, prompting government officials, including Governor Jean-Jacques Purusi, to flee towards Uvira in the …
Inside the government’s ten-fold growth strategy - The …
Aug 4, 2024 · Finance PS and Secretary to the Treasury Ggoobi. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has embarked on an ambitious strategy of growing the economy tenfold from USD 49.5 billion as of FY 2023/2024 to USD 500 billion in the next 15 years. The NDPIV is the fourth out of the six National Development Plans for Uganda Vision 2040.