Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted a drugstore at Koboko General Hospital. The fire broke out in the container that is used to store drugs and other-equipment worth millions of Shillings at around 1 pm on Sunday afternoon. According to preliminary information, the fire started from a nearby …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Martin Henry Bazzanya, a voter in Masaka district has run to High Court seeking to overturn the victory of Richard Ssebamala in the Bukoto Central parliamentary race. Ssebamala defeated the incumbent Bukoto Central MP and Vice president Edward Ssekandi, who was seeking his fifth five-year elective …
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Fishmongers at Busia fish market are currently facing scarcity in supply from landing sites Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fish prices have shot up in Busia resulting from a huge drop in supply. Apparently, the fish supply has dropped from over 20 metric tons each day to less than 8 …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected armed Congolese militiamen have again raided the Lake Albert waters in Hoima district, robbing 19 boat engines. The attack occurred at around 3 am on Sunday morning near Kaiso landing site in Kabaale sub-county, Hoima district. It is alleged that the armed militiamen dressed …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are mixed reactions among the general public in Karamoja following the launch of the airborne survey and mineral mapping. The survey which was launched by the State Minister for Minerals Sarah Opendi on Thursday consists of the mapping of the areas in the Karamoja …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The growth of Uganda’s economy in the short term is threatened by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hovering threat of the desert locusts in the region as well as uncertain weather conditions. The Bank of Uganda expects the economy to grow by at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of armed men yesterday morning raided the home of former parliamentary candidate Fred Nyanzi, a brother to the National Unity Platform-NUP party president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. The group, according to the family was searching for who however escaped from the home as soon …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dealers in maize and flour in Jinja are currently stuck with their produce following tight clearance restrictions instituted on produce exports to Kenya. Early this month, Kenya banned the export of maize imports from Uganda over allegations that it contained high levels of mycotoxins in …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Human Rights Committee of Parliament has tasked Gulu District Police Commander Dickens Bindeeba to produce a conclusive report on the death of a staff of the Electoral Commission in the area. Richardson Tabu, 29, a secretary at the commission offices in Gulu was allegedly …
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Livestock theft across the Bunyoro sub-region has been rampant Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some senior police officers in the Albertine region are being investigated for alleged cattle theft. They are accused of conniving with cattle thieves to steal cattle from farmers. URN has established that the officers whose particulars …
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