Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is now hiring coffee and health professionals to sensitise nationals on the benefits of consuming coffee. This is one of the steps being taken to ensure that the country, and especially the farmers earn more from their coffee. Uganda is Africa’s largest coffee …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police were this afternoon engaged in running battles with supporters of Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago who had accompanied him to the Electoral Commission offices for nominations. Lukwago is seeking a third term in the Lord Mayors’ office. Lukwago arrived at at the nomination centre …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans returning into the country without a valid health certificate showing that they tested negative for COVID-19 will be quarantined at their own cost. They will also be required to pay 240,000 Shillings for a COVID-19 test that will be undertaken by an approved laboratory. …
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Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A force of at least 2,000 personnel is in Sembabule district to man security in the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primary elections that in Mawogola North and West Constituencies. The security personnel comprised of police and army have been placed in the nine sub-counties where …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Food and environment activists say you need to urgently find ways of avoiding food loss and waste or risk financial and environment losses. The Minister of Agriculture, Vincent Sempijja and Food Agricultural Organization Country representative, Antonio Querido say it is high time that you rethink …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Kenyan road runner Edwin Mokua narrowly escaped death on Monday, and is currently recuperating at the hospital after being attacked by a hippopotamus while on a training run. The 27-year-old Mokua, who holds personal best of 1:02:50 in the half marathon, suffered four broken ribs …
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Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Contestants for the National Resistance Movement- NRM party primaries in Mawogola North and West constituencies, Sembabule district have rejected the use of National Identity Cards in today’s elections. The NRM Electoral Commission Chairperson Dr Tanga Odoi on Tuesday evening issued new guidelines for the primaries. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of three Judges of the East African Court of Justice has upheld the removal of the lower and upper presidential age caps from the Constitution of Uganda. Ugandan citizen Male Mabirizi had petitioned the court challenging the decision by the constitutional and Supreme …
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Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Ngarama parish in Ngarama Sub County, Isingiro district are protesting the delayed connection of their area to the power grid by the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL). The affected residents are from the villages of Ishozi, Ngando, Biharwe, Mitooma, Kamutinda, Kyamburara, Rugando, Bushenyi, …
Read More »Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Usually, at Stanfield, a children’s ward in Mulago National Referral Hospital, one has to carry an extra mat or a small mattress that can be easily placed in the often crowded corridors as there’s usually hardly any bed space in the 42-bed capacity ward. But, …
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