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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Parliamentary Group has asked the government to investigate the second Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Moses Ali for persistently inciting violence in Apaa, an area contested between two districts. The land in question was gazetted as East Madi Game Reserve under Zoka Forest in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Anesthesiologists Association is to train health workers in critical care services. The association will train health workers in regional referral hospitals that include Lira, Jinja and Fort Portal. According to Dr Joseph Kiwanuka, the President of the Uganda Anesthesiologists Association, the specialists will …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines on Thursday flew one of its A330-800neo aircraft on a demonstration flight to South Africa ahead of securing an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) for long-haul flights, said corporate sources. The national carrier in a statement issued said the demonstration flight to Johannesburg …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda has elected Rev. Godfrey Loum as the 8th Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Uganda. Rev. Loum was elected during the House of Bishops sitting at Lweza Training and Conference centre. He will succeed the Rt. Rev. Johnson Gakumba who has …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bureaucratic tendencies and mistrust among beneficiaries have been blamed for the slow progress of the Emyooga program in Masaka. Several of the intended beneficiaries in the area have continuously lost interest in the program with some withdrawing their membership from Savings and Credit Cooperatives- SACCOs. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has warned administrators of medical schools against concealing COVID-19 infection cases ahead of their reopening next week. On 18 June, President Museveni re-imposed the second lockdown in the country, closing all education institutions of learning, public gatherings and banned …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda has revised its growth projections for this financial year. BoU says that all high-frequency indicators available show that the momentum of economic activity for the quarter to July 2021, subsided. The tourism sector was expected to grow much faster when Entebbe …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The  Minerals Police Protection Unit (MPPU) has got new commanders following a reshuffle by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech. According to the new changes, Maj Gen Lokech has appointed Superintendent of Police Agnes Apolot as the deputy MPPU overall commander. SP …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will not be allowed to attend parliament sessions next week. MPs are currently on a working recess to assess the impact of the Emyooga program in their constituencies. Chris Obore, the Parliament Director of …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven Ugandan fishermen have been deported from the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. The seven were arrested for entering the country illegally through Lake Edward. They were deported on Thursday through the Mpondwe border in Kasese district. On Tuesday, 36 Congolese fishermen who illegally entered the …