Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several government health facilities in Arua city are struggling to offer HIV testing services amidst a shortage of testing kits. The most affected are Pajulu health center III, Adumi health center IV, Ayivuni health center III, Aroi health center III, and Oreku health center II …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba has rejected calls by the Deputy Inspector General of Police-DIGP, Major General Geoffrey Kastigazi Tumusiime to submit another list of people believed to have been abducted by state security agencies. Mpuuga argues that it has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service has failed to present MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana, as had been ordered by court to enable them to sign some documents as required by their lawyers. The two legislators are facing trial for several charges including murder, attempted murder, …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastoralists in Nakonyen village that borders Amudat and Moroto districts have halted the construction of the proposed Shillings 8 billion valley dam project. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries had already cleared about two square kilometers of land to start constructing the valley …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has today revealed its environmental impact under parent company – East African Breweries Limited (EABL)’s – 2022 Sustainability Report to the government, the media and the public. The report – the second of its kind – was prepared under the theme; …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has distanced itself from the action by the Association President, Dr Samuel Oledo, who together with a group of others, donning clinical coats knelt before President Museveni asking him to stand for the presidency again in 2026. Dr Herbert Luswata, …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A case of conspiracy to defraud contrary to section 309 of the Penal Code Act Cap 120 brought against the Tororo District Senior Physical Planner and acting Senior Land Manager, Euphausius Omeja Fuor and four others, has been dismissed for lack of evidence. Tororo Chief Magistrate …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have called on Government to provide adequate funding and other necessary support to Uganda’s missions abroad, to ensure their smooth operations. The MPs were debating a Report on an oversight visit to the Uganda High Commission in London, presented to the House …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lightning has struck dead seven cows belonging to Margret Kihita in Kabukero village, Karusandara sub-county, Kasese district. According to the residents, the thunderbolt struck on Sunday evening during a heavy downpour. Kahita’s son, Bright Wamala, says that after milking he released the cows for grazing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After receiving their first ever representation in the General Assembly, the main decision making body of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, on Saturday, the female Muslims were filled with delight. According Sheikhat Radhiyyah Namakula, who has been leading the charge in Uganda to raise the …
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