Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sanity gradually returns to Rupa Sub County in Moroto district following the deployment of Joint Security Forces. The community, especially in the areas of Nakiloro, had recorded a spate of attacks by warriors who are believed to have come from the areas surrounding Mt Moroto. …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja residents have held a peaceful protest against the move by Uganda National Farmers’ Federation-UNFFE, to relocation the national students’ agricultural exhibition to Bukalasa agricultural college in Luwero district. Led by the Jinja city woman member of parliament, Manjeri Kyebakutika, the residents say that this …
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✅FY 2024/25 is the 5th & final implementation year of NDP3. NDP4 will implement the first 5 years of the strategy for growing the economy 10-fold. ✅The economy sustained recovery from the effects of COVID-19,growing at about 6% in FY 2023/24,compared to 5.3% in FY 2022/23 & 4.6% in FY …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni Kaguta has again met with Buganda clan leaders at State House Entebbe. The meeting comes despite the contestations from the Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga after the first meeting last year, In press statement from the State House Press Unit, Museveni met …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three students from Kigezi High School in Kabale district have been charged and remanded to prison for causing grievous harm to a colleague. Those remanded were identified as Japheth Owoyesiga,19, a resident of Rwamucucu sub-county in Rukiga district, Lucy Ainebyoona, 20, a resident of Rwamagara …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have been urged to work closely with district leaders in monitoring government programmes to ensure successful implementation. The State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, Florence Nambozo Wamala, noted that many programmes initiated by government in districts across the county are not progressing as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded three Members of Parliament to Luzira Prison on charges of corruption for soliciting money from the Uganda Human Rights Commission in order to increase its budget. The MPs are: Yusuf Mutembuli MP for Bunyole East Constituency in …
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Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East is investigating circumstances under which two men died in Namusiisi village, Iganga District. One of the deceased has been identified as Abubaker Zijjakilo, a motorcyclist from Kaliro District, while the other is yet to be identified. It is alleged that the …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief David Onen Acana II has broken his silence on the planned move by a section of rival chiefs to hold an election for a new traditional leader of the Acholi cultural institution describing the idea as illegal. Last week, a section …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked cultural leaders to mobilize their subjects on wealth creation programs to boost their household incomes. The call was in a speech read by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja during the 30th coronation anniversary of Omukama Solomon Rukirabasaija Gafabusa Iguru I on …
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