Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in the Mubuku irrigation scheme in Kasese district are counting losses after a strange pest attacked their tomato gardens. Farmers say the pest mines new fruits leaving holes. The larva feeds voraciously on the tomato fruits, plants, producing large galleys in leaves. They add …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of Labongo Akwang sub-county in Kitgum district on Friday forcefully escorted on foot three pastoralists along with their cattle out of their area to the neighbouring Lamwo district. The forceful eviction follows the expiry of an ultimatum issued by both the sub-county leaders …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want the social assistance grant for the elderly to be increased to cater for their increasing needs. The legislators made this call following a statement by the Minister of State for Elderly Affairs, Dominic Gidudu Mafwabi on the International Day for the …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new wave of aggression targeting security personnel by boda-boda riders operating past curfew time in Kitgum municipality has left the police stunned. At least three security officers implementing Covid-19 guidelines have been attacked and injured within Pandwong and Central division in the past one …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has developed standards for baby cot mattresses that specify the requirements that the manufacturers, importers and dealers in baby cot mattresses have to follow. This comes as the UNBS develops new foam mattress standards (US 202,2021) that specify …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | How does it matter that the tax on an individual’s contributions to the National Social Security Fund is deferred to the time of withdrawal of the benefits, as had earlier been proposed by the NSSF? The media reports that the government plans to tax the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry for Kampala and metropolitan affairs is set to recruit 5,000 youth to work in the Arab world by end of year in the new arrangement. Uganda has one of the highest population growth rates globally with more than 78% of its population below …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Parliamentary Committee on HIV/AIDS have queried the extension of services by Arua district to clients in DR Congo as more new cases are registered at home. According to statistics, Arua district has over 2,300 registered HIV clients, three quarters are women while …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new substantive Director General of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Fred Bamwesigye, has pledged to restore public confidence in Uganda’s aviation industry. Bamwesigye took charge at UCAA yesterday, after the Minister for Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala appointed him as the substantive Director-General …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected Karimajong warriors have brutally killed a prison warder attached to Orom-Tikau prison farm in Kitgum district. The Orom sub county LCIII chairperson Johnson Acellam Toodera confirms the incident that occurred in Tikau village, Gule parish and identifies the deceased as Dickson Akuna who was …
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