Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Judith Nabakooba, the Minister of information and communication technology-ICT spent part of Friday inspecting the communication networks at Busia One Stop Boarder Post-OSBP. The minister’s visit was prompted by complaints from area leaders about the poor network in Busia resulting from interference from other networks. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA Women Super League Season returns to action on Monday 19th 2021 after spending a year of inactivity due to the suspension of sports activities in the country because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s edition of the women league …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education authorities in Moroto district are unable to trace 324 primary six pupils who failed to turn up for studies in March 2021. Joseph Aleper, the Moroto District Inspector of Schools, says that they registered 986 pupils across the district before the COVID-19 lockdown …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has promised to investigate circumstances under, which some civilians hired soldiers to terrorize citizens and their opponents. A delegation led by Brigadier Felix Kulayigye, who represented the Chief of Defense Forces, UPDF Spokesperson Flavia Byekwaso and Godard Busingye, the UPDF Chief …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It was all tears among charcoal dealers as police and National Forestry Authority (NFA) officers raided their camps in Amuru district on Friday evening. The officers stormed a charcoal loading site in Pupwonya Village in Attiak Sub County along the Gulu-Nimule Highway where they found …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Frederick Ngobi Gume, the Minister of State for Cooperatives has advised the Board of Bugisu Cooperative Union-BCU to take legal action against John Wamulugwa, the former BCU Board chairperson over his continuous malicious petitions against the union leadership. Speaking during the BCU Annual General Meeting …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After their friendly football matches with the media fraternity, Uganda Peoples Forces has promised a new era of working relationship between the two sides. The two matches; one involving senior army officers and media managers/owners and another between junior officers and journalists were held at …
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Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Butiaba sub county in Buliisa district are protesting the closure of Butiaba health center III that has hampered health services in the area. Health officials in the district closed Butiaba health center III last week after failing to secure a better place where patients …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto based radio journalists are panicking after unknown warriors threatened their lives. The threats were issued through letters that were dropped at Akica and Ateker radio stations in Moroto district early this week. In the letters, four-morning show presenters were issued with warnings over what the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of an American national, Guy Milton Smith who was arrested by security agencies has sued the government demanding for his unconditional release. In an application filed by Smith’s wife Sharon Tusiime before the Civil Division of High Court in Kampala, the government is sued …
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