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Kisoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |   Kabale High Court has allowed the former contestant for the Bukimbiri County MP seat James Owebeyi to serve court summons to MP Eddie Kwizera through the media after failing to trace him for one month.  The summons arise from an election petition filed by …

Buliisa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Three major roads in the Buliisa District have been commissioned. The 6.5 Billion Shillings roads were rehabilitated under the Albertine Region Sustainable Development Project-ARSDP in Buliisa district. The project is a multi-sectoral plan that is being implemented for 5 years in the region. It …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  A disciplinary panel of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations -FUFA has resolved that the missed game between Kigezi Home Boyz and Kitara Football Club in the ongoing Stanbic Bank Uganda cup should be played at Kavumba Recreation Grounds in Wakiso district.   This was …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Mario Obiga Kania has said there is no need to lift curfew during the time Muslims observe the Ramadan period. Obiga Kania said this on Thursday evening while answering to Parliament on a matter raised by Kawempe …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  More than 400 Kilometres of roads in Gulu District have remained impassable sixteen years later after the communities returned from the internally displaced people’s camps.  Patrick Kinyera, the Gulu District Secretary for Works and Technical Services says that out of the 980 kilometres, only …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The long wait for Uganda’s Final Investment Decision (FDI) for oil and gas could come to an end this Sunday, following talks between government officials and industry leaders from Uganda and Tanzania. Tanzania’s new president Samia Hassan Suluhu is due in the country for …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Parliament’s finance committee has rejected the 200,000 Shillings license on cars and 50,000 Shillings for motorbikes. The Ministry of Finance has proposed the fees as part of the revenue measures to fund the 2021/2022 budget. On Tuesday, the State Minister of Finance David Bahati …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The delayed completion of the Mbarara Central Market has been attributed to failure by the contractor to renew his performance guarantee with the Bank.  A Performance Guarantee is a contractors promise to complete the project undertaken. It is issued by an insurance company or …

Omoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Omoro district local government has started the rehabilitation of 91.1 km of community access roads that are in a bad state. The roads that have so far been rehabilitated include the 33km Bobi Frontiers – Awor to Ongako, 0.5km Opit to Awor at a …

Serere, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Serere district is set to start the second phase of Indoor Residual Spraying in another intervention to eradicate malaria, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda. The spraying exercise is part of a five-year USAID-funded project in several districts of Eastern Uganda. …