Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six members of the same family have died in an accident in Pakwach District. The six had accompanied one of their relatives to board a bus and as they waited by the roadside near Panyimur junction on the Nebbi-Pakwach highway, when a Toyota Hiace …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Lango Parliamentary Group (LPG) have called off their earlier planned demonstration over the poor status of Lira-Kamdini road after meeting the president. The association had organized a peaceful demonstration over the road which for years has claimed lives or its users. In …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has mobilized sh12 trillion through the Primary Dealer Market Makers in the treasury bills and bonds over the year ended December 2021. Another 1.4 trillion shillings was transacted during the same period through private placements, (as opposed to the …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person died and four others were injured after a fuel truck caught fire in Mbale District. The accident occurred at mile 6 along Mbale- Tororo Road on Friday afternoon. According to eyewitnesses, a Boda Boda rider who was from Stabex Fuel Station entered …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY New pregnancy policy bears twin problems: Is Education ministry aborting discipline to please donors? ANALYSIS Rising fuel prices: Did URA, Ministry of Health cause it? THE LAST WORD On 36 years of Museveni: …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | To celebrate its two-year anniversary, Carrefour, owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in Uganda, is rewarding 700 lucky customers by covering the cost of the items in their shopping trolleys. Customers will be chosen at random, and a total of Shs110million worth of shopping will …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of a stadium and a business park in Arua city will be completed by March. In 2019, the then Arua municipality and district authorities handed over the 9.7acre piece of land at Arua Hill grounds to Joadah Consultants for the construction of the mini-stadium …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua district has registered more than 20 cases of animal bites over the last three weeks. The latest victim is a 3-year-old girl from Aroi in Ayivu West, who was bitten by a stray dog on Sunday. The same dog reportedly attacked and injured five other …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) will effective next month, fit Global Positioning System-GPS radio collars to track the movement of elephants within the Kidepo Valley National Park conservation landscape. The sophisticated collar technology is a lightweight belt that contains advanced GPS satellite tracking devices fixed on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Budget Committee have asked the Committee of Tourism, Trade and Industry to examine the viability of investing Shs269 billion in several private enterprises through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC). The trade committee chairperson, Mwine Mpaka, on Thursday 20 January 2022 presented his committee …
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