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 Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Farmers in the areas of Orom in Kitgum district have abandoned gardens, even as counterparts in the region prepare land for the start of the main cropping season. The onset of the March to May rainfall was expected to be a busy time for farmers, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Former Gulu Municipal councillors of the four former Divisions are demanding payment of their arrears.    The outstanding arrears include 37.4 Million shillings for Pece Division, 12.5 Million Shillings for Bardege, and 6.7 Million Shillings for Laroo, 5.4 Million Shillings for Layibi. Peter Okwera Onen, …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Protazio Begumisa, the loser of the Ndorwa East County Member of Parliament seat has petitioned the High Court seeking for nullification of Wilfred Niwagaba’s victory.  Begumisa who is the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer garnered 15, 826 votes while Niwagaba got 15,962 votes.  …

Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A group of former Karimojong women surgeons in Amudat and Moroto districts have cried out to the government demanding income-generating projects. Some of the reformed Female Genital Mutilation-FGM surgeons said life is becoming harder, unlike those days when they used to perform the practice. Grace …

Tanzania’s president dies aged 61 after Covid rumours Dar es Salaam | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on March 17 from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament on the physical infrastructure committee have expressed concern about the delays to appoint a substantive Director-General of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA    The MPs were on Tuesday visiting Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday to ascertain the progress and status of the 1.1 …

Soroti , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The High Court in Soroti has allowed the Soroti District Vice Chairperson, Simon Peter Edoru Ekuu and the District Council Speaker, Stephen Olebe to apply for judicial review of the Soroti City Boundary case ruling.  Edoru and Olebe are seeking the court to quash …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking to stop the delivery of detailed rulings arising from the presidential election petitions filed by the former presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. In his application filed this morning, Mabirizi wants court to halt the delivery of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  36-year-old Asher Namatovu suddenly gets her bones broken with every small fall, hit or even when she misses a step.  She got her first fracture at the age of six and has had countless fractures ever since. The latest was her hardest hit episode when …

Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Several voters in Bunya East constituency in Mayuge district have implicated their Member of Parliament, Waira Majegere for instigating violence against the supporters of his rival in the just-concluded parliamentary elections.  Testifying before the Human Rights Committee of parliament on Tuesday sitting at Mayuge district …