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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Mbarara district local government has recorded a shortfall in local revenue collection for the financial year 2020/2021 ending June. According to a presentation by the Secretary of Finance and budgeting Basil Bataringaya, there was a shortfall of 400 million shillings out of the expected 1 …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Nakasongola District Councillors have passed a resolution to retain the 25 smartphones procured by the local government. In October 2020, Nakasongola district procured 25 smartphones worth 10 million Shillings and handed them to Councillors and the LCV Chairperson to aid them in research and communication …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has secured a supplementary expenditure request worth 695.5 billion Shillings for the current financial year 2020/2021. The expenditure was approved by Parliament last evening, shortly before the tenth parliament closed its business.  A big chunk of the money (481 billion Shillings) is going …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The tenth parliament officially ended its business last night concluding a journey that started five years ago. But as they walk out, a number of them say that their term of office was a roller-coaster, punctuated with attacks, safety challenges and a virus that almost …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Soroti City authorities are planning to hire a private firm to manage garbage collection in the new market. The 24 Billion Shillings market was constructed with funding from the African Development Bank and was commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni in November. It’s expected to commence …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kilembe Senior Secondary School in Kasese municipality has been temporarily closed over a students protest.  Last week the students locked their classes and marched to the office of the Resident District Commissioner protesting teacher absenteeism.  They were advised to go back to school as leaders …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has cleared the payment of 17.7 Billion Shillings to six landowners. The Adhoc committee on land compensation led by Veronica Eragu Bichetero has been investigating the compensation of property owners by the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development in Bunyoro and Buganda regions. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 500,000 babies in Uganda are exposed to polio and tuberculosis. This is because they are not born in hospitals. When children are born, they are supposed to receive polio zero and Bacillus Calmette–Guérin |(BCG) vaccines which protect against tuberculosis at birth. The vaccines …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Military personnel have been deployed at all major road junctions in Kampala City.  In the City centre, there is a visible security presence at Wandegeya traffic lights, Clock Tower, Shoprite traffic lights, Kibuye roundabout, Bombo road junction, Nsambya traffic lights and Jinja Road. At all …

Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joys Bazanye Nazziwa, a resident of Bukulula sub county, Kalungu district, no longer worries about preparing meals for her family. “I used to spend at least Shs 4,000 per day to buy firewood to prepare meals for my nine-member family,” she told The Independent in an …