Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have beseeched the Office of the President to prioritise the construction of office accommodation for Resident District Commissioners (RDCs). This arose from the Auditor General’s report for the Financial Year 2020/2021 which revealed that out of the 146 RDCs, only 107 have space …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The continued delay in approval of appropriate staffing structure at the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) is putting lives of 500 children and several other patients with heart related complications at risk, according to the Executive Director, Dr. John Omagino. He made the revelation while presenting the …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane growing is expected to resume in the plantation of Atiak Sugar Factory in Amuru and Lamwo districts by March, nearly a year after the factory shut down its operations citing a limited supply of canes. The closure came just a year after the factory owned …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda on Tuesday ended a 42-day count down to be declared Ebola-free with no case reported in the period, the country’s Minister of Health said. Ruth Aceng, in a tweet, hailed the public for its vigilance in helping end the Ebola Sudan Virus outbreak, which was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is to pay Shs2.5 trillion to the Bank of Uganda (BoU) in matured securities after its repayment was disrupted by the advent of COVID-19. The money is a domestic loan acquired by the government through the Bank of Uganda as an intermediary for individuals …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three cargo truck drivers are in police custody in Amuru district in connection to the protest at the Uganda-South Sudan border town of Elegu. The suspects, a Somali national and two Ugandans were picked up Tuesday afternoon following the chaos that erupted between cargo drivers at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has announced a five-year strategic partnership with Huawei Technologies, a global ICT solutions provider, to transform and modernize its network towards a Cloud-native 5G-Capable Core network. This partnership dubbed MUNA project is part of the greater MTN Group MUNIC strategy that will see MTN …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Sirajje Semanda from the Revival Church in Bombo and Jimmy Arinaitwe, have earned themselves two and half years in prison for fraud. The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu sentenced the dou on Tuesday and also ordered them to pay a fine of Shillings 405 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) may lose Shs2.8 trillion to tax exemptions, credits and deferrals for the financial year 2022/2023. This was revealed by the URA Commissioner General, John Musinguzi while presenting the entity’s Budget Framework Paper for the financial year 2023/2024 on Tuesday, 10 January …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five students are stuck at East Division Police Station in Fort Portal after they were conned in a job scam. The students from Mbale and Bulambuli districts who are in senior four and six vacation were allegedly promised jobs by Empowered Consumerism in Africa Company. …
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