Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The tenth parliament officially ended its business last night concluding a journey that started five years ago. But as they walk out, a number of them say that their term of office was a roller-coaster, punctuated with attacks, safety challenges and a virus that almost …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti City authorities are planning to hire a private firm to manage garbage collection in the new market. The 24 Billion Shillings market was constructed with funding from the African Development Bank and was commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni in November. It’s expected to commence …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kilembe Senior Secondary School in Kasese municipality has been temporarily closed over a students protest. Last week the students locked their classes and marched to the office of the Resident District Commissioner protesting teacher absenteeism. They were advised to go back to school as leaders …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has cleared the payment of 17.7 Billion Shillings to six landowners. The Adhoc committee on land compensation led by Veronica Eragu Bichetero has been investigating the compensation of property owners by the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development in Bunyoro and Buganda regions. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500,000 babies in Uganda are exposed to polio and tuberculosis. This is because they are not born in hospitals. When children are born, they are supposed to receive polio zero and Bacillus Calmette–Guérin |(BCG) vaccines which protect against tuberculosis at birth. The vaccines …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Military personnel have been deployed at all major road junctions in Kampala City. In the City centre, there is a visible security presence at Wandegeya traffic lights, Clock Tower, Shoprite traffic lights, Kibuye roundabout, Bombo road junction, Nsambya traffic lights and Jinja Road. At all …
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Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joys Bazanye Nazziwa, a resident of Bukulula sub county, Kalungu district, no longer worries about preparing meals for her family. “I used to spend at least Shs 4,000 per day to buy firewood to prepare meals for my nine-member family,” she told The Independent in an …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has issued a permanent injunction restraining the Uganda National Examinations Board from conducting examinations on any day coinciding with any of the relevant Muslim religious holidays like Idd Adhua or Idd El fitr in future. According to the Judgement of five Constitutional Court …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The price of fish has almost doubled in most markets in the Bunyoro sub region over the last four months. According to a survey conducted by Uganda Radio Network (URN) in Buliisa, Masindi, Hoima, Kikuube and Kagadi, the prices of fish in the markets have skyrocketed. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General will advise on how the Government will proceed with its business following the expiry of the ministers’ tenure. This is according to the Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet John Mitala. In her communication to the MPs during Tuesday’s plenary …
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