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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has embarked on a donor hunting expedition to guarantee future training of the experts who deal with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. These are very vital in tackling emerging and re-emerging diseases, yet very costly …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police have allowed a procession by Denmark Adios Beinomugisha, the Forum for Democratic Change Youth Candidate for the Western Youth parliamentary election. Beinomugisha started his procession from the gate of Bishop Stuart University at 10: 00 Am, drove through Kakoba, Mbaguta, Garage and High streets …

Mubende, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Delegates participating in the Central Youth parliamentary elections have rejected the partial allowance of Shillings 150,000 paid out by the Electoral Commission to facilitate their participation in the polls, saying they want full payment of Shillings 1 million. More than 1250 delegates drawn from 27 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  MultiChoice Uganda has today announced a 23% slash on GOtv decoder prices in a new and exciting campaign that will see GOtv customers access cutting edge entertainment at sh69,000 effective February 1, 2021. According to a statement from Multichoice Uganda, the new GOtv offer, a reduction …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Angry mob members in Gulu city have demolished a house belonging to a woman accused of hosting street children who have been terrorizing the area for over a year. Residents descended on the house belonging Min Sam in Layibi central Sub ward in Tegwana Parish …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has dedicated two weeks starting today to dispose of 25 cases, which have been in the system for more than two years. A cause signed by Mary Babirye, the Constitutional Court Acting Assistant Registrar shows that the Deputy Chief Justice, Richard Buteera, will …

Kaliro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kibuye village in Bukamba Sub County in Kaliro district have captured a killer crocodile.  The residents captured the crocodile on Sunday morning and are currently keeping it in a well near a borehole in Kibuye trading center for public viewing. The residents told …

Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in Busia district have decried the sorry state of the temporary market. In 2018, Busia Municipality relocated over 3,000 traders from Busia main market at Solo A village in Western division to a 2-acre piece of land at Busia Integrated grounds along Jinja road …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Sadiq Nasiwu has bounced back as the president of Uganda Volleyball Federation. Nasiwu, who served as the federation president for two terms from 2008 -2016, was re-elected on Sunday at the Hockey pitch in Lugogo. He defeated the incumbent president, Hadjia Namanda after polling 229 …

Kagadi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The body of the late Desteo Owobusobozi Bisaka, the Founder of Faith of Unity has been embalmed and kept for future viewing by his followers. The body has been kept in Bisaka’s house in Kapyeemi cell in Muhorro town Council in Kagadi district. Embalming is …