Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A meeting convened by the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to resolve the US $42M payment dispute for Isimba Dam construction ended in counter accusations between the officials of China International Water & Electric Co and Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited-UEGCL. The Tuesday afternoon …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The UN refugee agency in Uganda on Tuesday said 10 refugees are still missing in a Sept. 11 deadly clash with the locals that left 10 refugees dead in the northwestern part of the country. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in a statement …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Uganda are wrongly applying inorganic fertilizers which has led to pollution and reduction in crop productivity. According to Imelda Kanzomba principal agriculture officer in the Agriculture Ministry, farmers are depleting about 1.2 percent of the soil nutrients annually due to wrong use of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija has again skipped attendance of plenary sessions where he is meant to answer questions over delayed payment of South Sudan traders. Kasaija who appeared in Parliament at 11:00 am to meet with Kadaga and Isimba dam contractors was also …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The burden of catastrophic health expenditures remains large in many countries in Africa. A report by the Makerere University-based Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) shows that most of the health expenditure in Uganda is met privately and by the rich. Due to this, a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 2020 Africa Food Prize winner Dr Catherine Nakalembe has decided to donate her prize money for setting up a library to help decision-makers access data to predict and direct resources where they are most needed in the field of agriculture. The Assistant Research Professor …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speedwing Travel Centre Limited has sued the government for alleged failure to pay more than US$ 56,000 dollars (about Shillings 207.3 million) for the air tickets issued to her officials on credit. In its suit before the High Court Civil Division, Speedwing Travel Centre …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister of Labor Mwesigwa Rukutana is leading the Rushenyi County NRM party primary elections in a recount held today. The recount presided over by the chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party-Electoral Commission Dr Tanga Odoi follows a petition filed by Rukutana challenging …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the police to expedite investigations into an incident in which a man was arrested with a human head at Parliament. On Monday, a 22-year-old man Joseph Nuwashaba, a resident of Kizinda, Bushenyi district was intercepted at …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University’s faculty of Agriculture and Environment has initiated a skilling programme for community members on pork processing and value addition. The initiative funded by MasterCard seeks to explore and fill the gap in the food processing chain aimed at improving profit margins of …
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