Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Mineral development Sarah Opendi has called on the Parliamentary Commission to get rid of marabou stork birds around the precincts of Parliament saying they pause a health threat to the honourable members The marabou stork, one of the biggest and most …
Read More »MPs resist EC position on candidates names
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi has told parliament that any political aspirant who changed their name after the enactment of the Registration of Persons Act, 2015 will be required to adhere to provisions of the law before nomination by the Electoral Commission (EC). …
Read More »Voter education flaws stir queries on EC ability to deliver free and fair polls
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan citizens are concerned about the absence of civic and voter education in the run-up to the 2021 general election. They are concerned that many of the activities taking place today are unknown to the majority of the population yet they are the pivot …
Read More »Kitgum vegetable farmers counting losses
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vegetable farmers in Manwoko village in Labongo Amida sub county in Kitgum district are counting losses due to persistent floods, pests and disease outbreaks. At least 90 farmers drawn from 15 different groups are involved in vegetable growing using Akworo small scale irrigation scheme …
Read More »Uncertainty shrouds private teachers COVID-19 fund
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is growing uncertainty around the funds that were put in place to help private teachers to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown. The government announced two months ago that it was setting aside a revolving fund of 22 billion Shillings to …
Read More »Free Public Zone to be established at Entebbe Airport
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Free Zone Authority (UFZA) has today handed over a five acre piece of land to National Enterprise Corporation (NEC), the commercial arm of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF), to embark on the initial phase of construction of a first …
Read More »MPs furious as centenary park compensation holds flyover project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Physical infrastructure committee of Parliament have resolved to meet the Solicitor General to resolve the controversies at Centenary Park which are holding the Kampala Flyover project. The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) on Wednesday told the committee that M/S Nalongo Estates, …
Read More »Katwe police impersonator arrested
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are holding a man accused of masquerading as a police officer attached to Katwe police station in Kampala. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson identifies the suspect as Frank Rujeru Sabiti, Detective Assistant Superintendent of Police Kajjeru. Owoyesigyire says the suspect …
Read More »NRM declares Rukutana flag bearer in Rushenyi
✳ Rukutana 25,310 – 46.3% ✳ Kabasharira 25,290 – 46.2% Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party-Electoral Commission Dr Tanga Odoi has declared State Minister of Labor Mwesigwa Rukutana winner of the Rushenyi County NRM party primary elections. This after a …
Read More »Chameleone asks NUP to hand him Lord Mayor’s flag
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Lord Mayoral aspirant Joseph Mayanja alias Chameleone has asked the National Unity Platform-NUP to reconsider its position and hand him the party flag for the 2021 polls. He made the request in a letter presented by his campaign taskforce chairperson Samuel Lubega Mukaaku …
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