Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business in Mpondwe Town Council, Kasese District has been paralysed over the last two days as nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo protested the presence of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in their country. The UN mission has more than 12,000 troops deployed, most …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headteachers have cautioned senior six candidates not to get involved in any form of examination malpractice. At some of the schools where URN reporters attended briefing sessions, candidates were cautioned to avoid being tempted to buy examination papers. Rogers Kimbugwe, the headteacher of Comprehensive …
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Kaabong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty five people were reportedly killed in Karamoja Sub Region in two months by the suspected cattle rustlers. The dead among others include the Chairperson Peace Committee of Kotido District Aboka Muzer, Lotio Paul, Koranga Denis, Ataba P’Longole, Ekome Mathew all residents of Kotido …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale High Court has allowed the former contestant for the Bukimbiri County MP seat James Owebeyi to serve court summons to MP Eddie Kwizera through the media after failing to trace him for one month. The summons arise from an election petition filed by …
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Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three major roads in the Buliisa District have been commissioned. The 6.5 Billion Shillings roads were rehabilitated under the Albertine Region Sustainable Development Project-ARSDP in Buliisa district. The project is a multi-sectoral plan that is being implemented for 5 years in the region. It …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A disciplinary panel of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations -FUFA has resolved that the missed game between Kigezi Home Boyz and Kitara Football Club in the ongoing Stanbic Bank Uganda cup should be played at Kavumba Recreation Grounds in Wakiso district. This was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Mario Obiga Kania has said there is no need to lift curfew during the time Muslims observe the Ramadan period. Obiga Kania said this on Thursday evening while answering to Parliament on a matter raised by Kawempe …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 400 Kilometres of roads in Gulu District have remained impassable sixteen years later after the communities returned from the internally displaced people’s camps. Patrick Kinyera, the Gulu District Secretary for Works and Technical Services says that out of the 980 kilometres, only …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The long wait for Uganda’s Final Investment Decision (FDI) for oil and gas could come to an end this Sunday, following talks between government officials and industry leaders from Uganda and Tanzania. Tanzania’s new president Samia Hassan Suluhu is due in the country for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s finance committee has rejected the 200,000 Shillings license on cars and 50,000 Shillings for motorbikes. The Ministry of Finance has proposed the fees as part of the revenue measures to fund the 2021/2022 budget. On Tuesday, the State Minister of Finance David Bahati …
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