Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Compensation for persons affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project may cost up to 65 billion shillings. The estimate has been given by Robert Kasande, the permanent secretary Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development hours after the approval of the Resettlement Action Plan-RAP …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 122 matters shall be handled by the Court of Appeal or Constitutional Court in a period of one month starting Monday April 26, 2021. According to a judiciary statement, the cases to be handled consist of 39 constitutional petitions, and 22 applications, 43 civil …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 21 year old housemaid stands accused of committing murder and violent robbery. She is accused of murdering and robbing her employer, Phionah Tumusiime’s properties worth 12.6 million Shillings. Kahmiati Namaganda and others at large allegedly robbed Tumusiime’s two smartphones, three suitcases containing clothes, hair weaves, …
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Teachers are abandoning the profession completely in favour of personal business Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some private schools around Kampala and Wakiso are operating while understaffed, while others have resorted to hiring part time teachers. The unstable situation in schools has resulted from some private teachers abandoning the profession to …
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Traffic on Karuma bridge along Kampala-Gulu highway is controlled for safety following an accident Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people are feared dead after a speeding fuel truck en-route to Kampala on Saturday lost control at Karuma bridge and plunged into the fast moving falls. The tanker, registration number UAS …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Kampala has upheld a decision by Uganda Communications Commission-UCC, for telecom company MTN to pay 51 billion Shillings (14.14 million USD) as license fees. In July 2020, UCC wrote to MTN requiring them to pay a license fee for the transitional period of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Lands Persis Namuganza has accused former Land Minister Betty Amongi and Land Commission chairperson Beatrice Byenkya of interfering in her work, and leading to the reported current mess in the lands sector She has attributed the mess in land compensation to management style …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has fixed April 26, 2021, to give it’s decision on an application seeking to stay the eviction of Rhino Fund Uganda that has been operating at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongora district. The date has been fixed by the Civil Division Registrar Jameson …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is worried as over 99% of all the teachers registered across the country to receive the Covid-19 vaccine are still hesitant to receive the AstraZeneca jabs giving excuses like long distances to the vaccination centres. As different frontline workers who were identified …
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Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fear and grief grip Kiruruma Sand Mind in Nyakinoni Sub County this morning after another man died at a sand mine that was just re-opening illegally after 2 weeks of closure due to similar incidents. According to residents, the deceased was identified as Turyamuhebwa Hannington, …
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