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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of mourners on Thursday turned up at the burial of Matyansi Ngobi, at his home in Namulesa ward, Jinja city. Ngobi died on September 7, but his burial was delayed because some of his close relatives were still abroad. Ngobi, a seasoned politician and …

Kiboga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown assailants have killed two police officers attached to Nakasozi police post in Muwanga sub-county, Kiboga district. The deceased have been identified as Corporal Francis Nsubuga and Special Police Constable Paul Ddumba. The two were reportedly attacked at 7:30pm at the Nakasozi police post on …

  Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission is set to declare final results from the Kayunga District Chairperson by-elections, 16 hours after the polls ended. EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama has arrived at the tallying centre where the two leading candidates Harriet Nakwedde for the National Unity …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unresolved disputes have delayed the planned take over of the Namanve thermal power plant by the government, members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)- Central Government have learnt. On April 13th, 2007, the government entered into a Build, Operate and Transfer implementation Agreement with Jacobsen …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The striking doctors under their umbrella Associations (UMA), Uganda Medical Association and Federation for Uganda Medical Interns (FUMI) have petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to quash the directive from the Ministry of Health directing them to vacate their respective hospitals. The umbrella …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has impounded more than 7545 steel reinforcement bars and iron bars from hardware shops around Kampala valued at over Sh250 million. The bars were impounded on Wednesday in an ongoing operation that is expected to last seven days with the …

Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Business Council (EABC), the umbrella body for the region’s business community, has called for a peaceful end to the brewing Uganda-Kenya trade war. The EABC has called for a bilateral dialogue aimed at eliminating all outstanding Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs)between the two …

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The political leadership of Mpigi district is protesting the 60 percent fuel cut, saying it limits their field activities to monitor service delivery to residents. The LC V chairperson Martine Ssejjemba, says that the fuel cut is meant to disincentive his office and other political …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 3,000 acres for sugarcane out-growers in Atiak sub county in Amuru district worth billions of shillings were lost in a devastating fire that ravaged the Atiak sugarcane plantation over the weekend. More square miles which are yet to be measured were lost in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) has tasked officials from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to explain why streetlights in many urban centres and cities are non-functional. The committee chaired by Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, Bardege-Layibi Division MP was on Wednesday, …