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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA has started the process of introducing a new Coffee Wilt Disease Resistant (CWDR) variety in Kitgum and Lamwo districts, as one of the measures to increase coffee production by farmers. Coffee growing was introduced in Kitgum in 2015. However, very …

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | International Medical Centre (IMC) Mukono on Friday 25th officially opened its new state of the art theatre. At the official opening, the International Medical Group (IMG) CEO Shukmeet Sandhu said that as the leading provider of private medical services, it is paramount that IMG institutions …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Martin Ngoga has eulogized former Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, describing him as, ‘a great leader who had a great potential’. “At the age of 56, his political potential as a citizen and a leader has been cut short but …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Serere police are holding a man accused of impersonating the former LC V chairperson, Joseph Opit Okojo. The suspect is 37-year-old Simon Odongo, a resident of Akumoi village in Pingire sub-county. He reportedly obtained Shillings 200,000 by false pretence contrary to the law. Odongo allegedly …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elite women from Kasese district have tasked the government to expedite the process of permanently relocating the more than 220 households that were displaced by floods in 2020. 176 of these households are headed by women. At least 1068 persons have spent more than two years …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 40 schools in Watalinga chiefdom in Beni territory in North Kivu province, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have remained closed for the last two months due to insecurity caused by the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a local non-profit Christian organization in …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka Grade One Magistrate Christine Nantege has committed MP’s Allan Ssewanyana and Muhamad Ssegirinya to the High Court for trial on offences of murder. The two opposition MPs who were arrested in September last year, are charged alongside Wilson Ssenyonga alias Tony Nyonga who …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court assessors have asked Mukono High court Judge Henry Kaweesa Isabirye to find Matthew Kirabo guilty for the murder of his late girlfriend, Desire Mirembe, a former Makerere University medical student. Robert Sseguya and Grace Nakandi told the High court on Monday morning that after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has upheld the victory of Charles Tebandeke as the Bbaale Constituency Member of Parliament in Kayunga district. A panel comprising of Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Catherine Bamugemereire and Hellen Obura delivered the verdict on Monday following the withdrawal of an …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a bitter row among members of Nsambya Carpentry and Joinery Training Association-NSACAJA over the Shillings 427million disbursed by the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA for their relocation. UNRA released Shillings 427 million in February this year to facilitate the relocation of close to 2000 …