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Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is a heavy deployment of anti-stock theft Unit personnel in Karamoja following an increase in cases of cattle rustling in the area. The police unit was created to prevent the theft of cattle in Teso and Karamoja sub-regions. Although the regions had enjoyed peace …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge  |  On March 17, Clay products maker, Uganda Clays Limited announced the appointment of Reuben Tumwebaze as the managing director with effect from March 2021.  Tumwebaze replaces George Inholo who left the company in March last year.  Before joining UCL, Tumwebaze was the director of Road …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Luwero district authorities are on spot for failing to spend 2.4 billion Shillings in the financial year 2019/20. The unspent funds came into the limelight after the release of the Auditor General’s report for the financial year in which the district leadership was faulted for …

 Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Farmers in the areas of Orom in Kitgum district have abandoned gardens, even as counterparts in the region prepare land for the start of the main cropping season. The onset of the March to May rainfall was expected to be a busy time for farmers, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Former Gulu Municipal councillors of the four former Divisions are demanding payment of their arrears.    The outstanding arrears include 37.4 Million shillings for Pece Division, 12.5 Million Shillings for Bardege, and 6.7 Million Shillings for Laroo, 5.4 Million Shillings for Layibi. Peter Okwera Onen, …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Protazio Begumisa, the loser of the Ndorwa East County Member of Parliament seat has petitioned the High Court seeking for nullification of Wilfred Niwagaba’s victory.  Begumisa who is the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer garnered 15, 826 votes while Niwagaba got 15,962 votes.  …

Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A group of former Karimojong women surgeons in Amudat and Moroto districts have cried out to the government demanding income-generating projects. Some of the reformed Female Genital Mutilation-FGM surgeons said life is becoming harder, unlike those days when they used to perform the practice. Grace …

Tanzania’s president dies aged 61 after Covid rumours Dar es Salaam | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on March 17 from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament on the physical infrastructure committee have expressed concern about the delays to appoint a substantive Director-General of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA    The MPs were on Tuesday visiting Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday to ascertain the progress and status of the 1.1 …

Soroti , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The High Court in Soroti has allowed the Soroti District Vice Chairperson, Simon Peter Edoru Ekuu and the District Council Speaker, Stephen Olebe to apply for judicial review of the Soroti City Boundary case ruling.  Edoru and Olebe are seeking the court to quash …