Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The sub-county and town council chairpersons from districts making Ankole region have formed an association through which they have petitioned the President over their low monthly remunerations. The association they named Ankole Lower Local Councils Association met for the first time in a meeting held …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Urban Council speakers want the government to construct a monument in remembrance of the fallen Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. The Speakers under their umbrella body Uganda Urban Council Speakers Association (UUCSA), where Oulanyah was a patron, say Oulanyah was a principled man who served …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF and Congolese army have agreed to jointly offer protection to the road construction project in Eastern DRC. On Wednesday, the joint forces received the contractor, DOTT Services Limited. Last year, President Museveni and his DRC counterpart Felix Tshisekedi, commissioned the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new World Health Organization (WHO) report on understanding mistreatment of women during childbirth shows mothers that show up to deliver with labor companions are less likely to suffer health facility-based mistreatment. The report which combines five studies was published on Wednesday in the BMJ …
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Pallisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire whose cause has not yet been established broke out in a girls dormitory at Pallisa Girls Primary School. Located in Kaucho ward of Pallisa town council in Pallisa district, it is the second time the school is going into flames in as many years. …
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Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Omoro District Health Department is stuck with thousands of sputum samples collected from locals for Tuberculosis (TB) tests due to the shortage of genexpert machines. Genexpert machines are used for detecting the presence of TB bacteria on sputum samples collected from suspected TB patients. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Judicial officers have been asked to support the survival of companies in distress instead of issuing decisions that lead to their extinction. This comes as companies continue to struggle to pay off bank loans and other obligations like suppliers and salary arrears, and other lagging …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lwemiyaga County MP Theodore Ssekikubo, has protested the decision by the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, to approve Anita Among for the position of Speaker. On Wednesday, the party’s top organ endorsed Among to replace Jacob Oulanyah …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has dismissed an election appeal challenging the victory of Nansana Municipality Member of Parliament Hannington Nsereko Wakayima Musoke. A panel of three Justices, Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Catherine Bamugemereire and Irene Esther Mulyagonja on Thursday dismissed an appeal that was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic two years ago was a wake-up call to scientists in Uganda. Scientists argue that the outbreak of covid-19 led to the country’s first attempt to manufacture a vaccine for a disease. In addition to this, due to the ban …
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