Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new East African Community Secretary General, Peter Mathuki has set uniting the partner states of the trading bloc as his number one priority at the start of his five-year tenure. The seasoned business executive who takes over from Ambassador Liberat Mfumukeko officially starts his …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Hotels in Uganda are recording an increase in occupancy rate, an indicator that the sector is recovering from the coronavirus crisis. According to Suzan Muhwezi, the chairperson of Uganda Hotel Owners Association and vice chairperson Board of Directors for Uganda Tourism Board, industry players recorded 28% …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eskom Uganda Limited has invested Shs 5billion in an electronic governor upgrade for Units 14 and 15 at Kiira Power Plant, it said in a media release shared with The Independent on Apr.23. A governing system, the main controller of the hydraulic turbine, varies the water …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several secondary schools in Gulu City have recorded a drop in the number of learners in Senior One who resumed classes two weeks ago. Like all other schools, they reopened their doors for the return of non-candidates, who had stayed home since March 18, …
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Bombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commander In Chief and President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni has promoted 40 senior officers of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). Seven Brigadiers have been promoted to the rank of Major General, while 37 colonels are now Brigadiers. On the list is Brig …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | She was barely 17 years old when she went to work to pay a school fees debt after sitting her O level exams. Instead, when she asked for her pay after one month, she was arrested and charged with defiling a 4 year old boy in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 15 Billion Shillings was lost last year through cyber fraud according to Criminal Investigations Directorate headed by Grace Akullo. To be exact, CID indicates that 15.9 billion shillings were lost by telecom companies, banks, ministries and individuals. Akullo indicates that this was the biggest …
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Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane farmers from Luuka district have petitioned the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga over their failure to get permits to sell their cane. The over 300 contract farmers were given a go ahead by both Mayuge sugar and Kakira Sugar to grow sugarcane then sell it …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) enforcement team has today ended their operation by confiscating drugs worth Shs 200 million in Kampala and Wakiso which are not worth being on the market. Dr. Muhammad Lukwago who heads NDA’s central region operations says among the drugs confiscated is …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Umeme has arrested more 50 people in Mbale city on the second day of the ‘Kombowa’ operation in Mbale region. Umeme and police launched the operation ‘Kombowa’ within the Mbale region and started by arresting 20 people in Pallisa district on Wednesday in connection to power …
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