Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquates is considering applying the full force of the law to save the crested crane from extinction. George Owoyesigire, the acting commissioner for wildlife conservation in the Ministry of Tourism is concerned about the rate at which the country’s …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region is investigating the theft of at least 59 oxygen cylinders from Jinja regional referral hospital. On Tuesday, police picked up several health workers, security guards and drivers, whose names have been withheld since the prime suspects are still at large to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has directed the finance minister to urgently present policy documents and guidelines for the implementation of the Parish Development Model-PDM. President Yoweri Museveni officially launched the Parish Development Model at Kibuku district headquarters on Saturday last week. Under the program, each parish in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The hearing of the case in which 32 supporters of the National Unity Platform-NUP are accused of being in illegal possession of explosive devices has again failed to start at the General Court Martial in Makindye due to the absence of three suspects. The accused …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Health Monitoring Unit picked up Mulago National Referral Hospital boss, Dr. Baterana Byarugaba in connection to ongoing investigations into fraudulent deals amounting to Shillings 20.5 billion, URN has learnt. His arrest on Tuesday followed the arrest of four people believed to have …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increase in prices of commodities and services over the last 12 months, ending February 2022 have pushed Uganda’s inflation to 3.2 percent up from 2.7 percent registered in January, the statistics agency has said. Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in a Consumer Price Index …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of development partners in the health sector have proposed to Parliament to include quarantine centres in the Public Health (Amendment) Bill, 2021 currently being processed by the Committee on Health. The health partners who were represented by officials from World Health Organisation (WHO) and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twelve clubs will participate in the forthcoming 2021/2022 season for the FUFA Women Elite Football League following their approval by the Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA. The league is scheduled to kick off on March 13, 2022. According to a statement from the local soccer …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 2.9 Billion Shillings solar water project is lying idle in Soroti district. In 2012, the Ministry of Water constructed the project to serve residents of Tubur town council and Atiba sub-county. However, the project that was awarded to Zhongaho Overseas Construction Limited has remained …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Uganda Registrations Services Bureau have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen prosecution of cases arising from laws administered by URSB. URSB has a mandate to enforce laws related to interfering with intellectual property rights, …
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