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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has asked member states to address youth vulnerability amidst the high unemployment and limited livelihood opportunities.  The IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu says that the young people are particularly vulnerable to being mobilized into destructive occupations such as ethnic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Researchers at Makerere University have embarked on a study to establish how advertising of fizzy drinks and snacks targeting children, can be regulated to safeguard children against the likely danger in these processed foods.  Dr Gloria Seruwagi, a Makerere University Behavioural Scientist who is the …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The COVID-19 risk and communication committee is seeking 186 Million Shillings funding to intensify public sensitization campaigns against the epidemic in the wake of the infections surge. A survey conducted by the committee reveals that only 15 per cent of Gulu’s 500,000 population put on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition by Norman Tumuhimbise and Unwanted Witness Uganda, a Civil Society Organization challenging the government shut down of mobile money and internet services during the 2016 general elections. A panel of five Constitutional Court Judges led by the Deputy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC has launched investigations into the recent beatings of journalists in Mityana and Wakiso districts. Last week, Enoch Matovu, NTV’s correspondent in Mityana was reportedly battered by security operatives who attacked him on his way home. Matovu was returning with his 10-year …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Travelers in Eastern Uganda have accused taxi operators of charging them exorbitantly and violating the Covid-19 standard operating procedures. In March last year, President Yoweri Museveni banned the use of public transport following the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic. The ban was lifted in June but …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have deployed in Pabbo township in Amuru district to guard a road contractor following uproar for compensation by residents. It comes a day after Amuru Resident District Commissioner-RDC, Geoffrey Osborn Oceng, Chief Administrative Officer-CAO Thomson Obong, Town Clerk Lilly Laker and LC 3 chairperson, Christopher …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of qualified personnel is hindering the growth of the tourism sector in the country despite the fact that Uganda is renowned for hosting a hospitable population. Players in the tourism and hospitality industry say this is one of the reasons Uganda’s uniqueness has remained unknown …

Unscrupulous individuals are conniving with truck drivers to siphon fuel from trucks Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The China Railway Seventh Group Company limited which is undertaking major construction works in the Albertine graben is losing 162 million shillings per month due to fuel theft. The firm was contracted by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has revealed that it will go ahead and hear election petitions ex parte if any person whose victory is being challenged refuses to file a response to the case against them. Jameson Karemani, the Judiciary Public Relations Officer revealed this to Uganda Radio Network …