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Events happening today
What you need to know:
We bring you the events happening in Kampala city, from court proceedings to the various workshops in town. Below is what is scheduled to take place today, Monday, August 15
Weather
Daytime:
High temperatures at 26° C
50% chance of rain
Night time:
Mostly Clear sky
Low temperatures at 17°C
20% chance of rain
WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
What: 6th Annual International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) workshop
Where: Speke Resort.
Time: 8am
What it's about: The purpose of this workshop is to strengthen the collaboration between the Centers which belong to the ICEMR programme by sharing expertise, facilities and other resources. It is organised by Infectious Diseases research collaboration.
What: Heterogeneous Infrastructure Configuration of Cities in Uganda Project (HICCUP) Thinking Infrastructure with the South
Where: Hotel Africana
What it's about: The workshop will be conducted by Dr Shauib Lwasa, and Jonathan Silver,who are part of a team from various international institutions involved in the initiative. The workshop is intended to engage four students (three MSc and one PhD), who have been selected to be part of the initiative to promote critical and radical thinking about Global-South Urbanism. The event will also be attended by several civil society organisations that could potentially be partners under the HICCUP initiative. The project is meant to work in Kampala and Mbale, two cities in Uganda where the focus will be on waste and sanitation
Court proceeding(s)
What: Pre-trial of Muslim clerics
Venue: High Court
Time: 9am
What it's about: A pre-trial will be held for the group of 31 including Sheik Yunus Kamoga the leader of the tabliq set. They are charged for allegedly masterminding the killing of top Muslim clerics.
Contributors: Eric Kyama, Rita Kemigisa and Shiffa Kulanyi
