Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has started the process seeking to remove the current Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo from office due to alleged misconduct and incompetence. Mabirizi started the process on Tuesday with his petition to the Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission, a constitutional body …
Read More »Kabale, Uganda | Julius Businge | Bwama primary school administration in Kitumba sub-county, Ndorwa west county of Kabale district is struggling to raise funds to fuel engine canoes for transporting Primary Seven and Six pupils crossing Lake Bunyonyi. Located at Bwama island, the Church of Uganda government-aided primary school has no …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the ban on illegal fishing in Lake Victoria, several fishermen in Jinja and Mayuge districts have resorted to sand mining to fend for their families. From as early as 8:00 am each day, several trucks ferry sand from Namoni and Bwondha landing site in …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luka Dramani, 58, is struggling to reclaim his customary land in Manibe Sub-county in Arua city despite winning a court case. Dramani inherited the contested land measuring about 12 acres in Etuka village, Ombaci parish in Manibe Sub-County in Arua city from his father who …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female Boda boda ridders in Arua city are ripping big in the industry that is dominated by their male counterparts. There are three known female Boda boda riders in Arua city. One operates in Arua City central division; another is stationed at Odramacaku in Ayivu …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women in Kitgum Municipality are reaping big from growing vegetables on the dry river bed. Immaculate Atenyo a widow and resident of Kitgum Municipality owns no land and has not been able to rent any arable land for farming due to her inability to make …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elija Bogeere Lubanga Mulembya, the Kyaggwe county head (Ssekiboobo) under the Buganda Kingdom administration is dismayed by real estate dealers selling off land hosting the traditional parish courts alias ekitawuluzi. He says the Kingdom is losing for most its historical land as Buganda Land Board …
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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Pader town council in Pader district want all the dismantled boreholes restored following water shortage in the area. In 2016, the National Water and Sewage Cooperation (NSWC) Pader branch and district officials from the water department dismantled over 15 boreholes in the town …
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Uncoordinated release of weather forecast information has resulted into losses to farmers Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries-MAAIF has cautioned development partners implementing Agro-pastoralists projects in Karamoja to avoid issuing weather forecast related information to farmers. John Lodungokol, the Assistant Commission in Charge …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pauline Maniraguha Bangirana, one of the four surviving female police pioneers recounts how it was mandatory for a policewoman to ask for permission to get married. Maniraguha who was in the pioneer cohort of 10 females to join Uganda Police Force in 1960, says although …
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