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Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The delayed completion of the Mbarara Central Market has been attributed to failure by the contractor to renew his performance guarantee with the Bank.  A Performance Guarantee is a contractors promise to complete the project undertaken. It is issued by an insurance company or …

Omoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Omoro district local government has started the rehabilitation of 91.1 km of community access roads that are in a bad state. The roads that have so far been rehabilitated include the 33km Bobi Frontiers – Awor to Ongako, 0.5km Opit to Awor at a …

Serere, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Serere district is set to start the second phase of Indoor Residual Spraying in another intervention to eradicate malaria, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda. The spraying exercise is part of a five-year USAID-funded project in several districts of Eastern Uganda. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Two people have been knocked dead and three others injured when a police truck lost control and knocked several vehicles and motorcycles along the road in Nsambya, a suburb of Kampala. The Hino truck registration number UP 5638 failed to brake and rammed into …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  At least 400 former employees of Crane Bank Limited have petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking orders to compel DFCU Bank to produce documents that were allegedly withheld by the bank after their dismissal. The group was employed by Crane Bank Limited until …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Soroti City will be home to a multi-billion agro-processing business for cereals, thanks to Pela Commodities Limited, a new industry being established in Arapai industrial area.   Pela commodities has already started laying its machinery in the area near Soroti Fruit Factory. It is expected …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The land investigations committee appointed to establish the state of ownership of Uganda Railways Corporation- URC land have expressed concern about the extent of encroachment on both the rail line and its reserves.  In December last year, the Works Minister, Gen Katumba Wamala, appointed …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Late Archbishop of Kampala Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has been laid to rest, in Lubaga Cathedral, Kampala. Lwanga died in his room at Rubaga, in the precincts of the Cathedral on Saturday.  The medical team that carried out the postmortem stated that he …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  A Police Corporal is nursing wounds at Kiruddu Hospital in Kampala after he was shot by thugs during an operation on Wednesday.  Robert Ekakor and three other police officers were pursuing armed thugs in Makindye Luwafu when the thugs who were on a motorcycle …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has backtracked on his statement in which he appeared to endorse police brutality against journalists. Today, he told a parliamentary  committee that “it was a joke.” Ochola, early this year told a joint security press briefing that …