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Pader, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic party President, Nobert Mao has asked voters to carry their own pens on voting day as a measure to safeguard against the corona virus and other dangers. Nobert Mao who was addressing Pader residents at Mayor’s garden in Pader Town council on Sunday evening …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Environmental authorities in Sembabule district are pushing for a total ban on the cutting of traditional tree species. Francis Byarugaba, the Sembabule district environment officer says they are working on an ordinance that will fully operationalize the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act of 2003, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Disappointments have continued emerging within the National Resistance Movement -NRM in Kyotera, bedeviling the party’s bid to dominate the next parliament. Just a few days to the general elections, another group of NRM cadres has come out to campaign for Democratic Party -DP’s Fortunate Rose …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party-DP’s Abraham Luzzi who is contesting for Mityana municipality MP seat is campaigning for NRM’s candidate Yoweri Museveni despite the presence of his party’s president general Norbert Mao in the presidential race. Uganda will on Thursday 14th January this week hold general elections with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union has asked the government to expedite investigations into the operations of Civil Society Organizations whose accounts were frozen amidst accusations of money laundering and funding subversive activities. The NGOs which include the National NGO Forum and Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET), had their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of dead fish are floating on Lake Victoria. Although the cause is not yet established, with many fearing poisoning or pollution, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fishery (MAAIF) together with the environmental authority in Uganda have raised the possibility that the cause …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Journalists who have not re-registered will now be free to do their expected duties during the elections without fear of arrest as the Uganda Media Council has directed in a circular to police all over the country. Although the Electoral Commission had earlier required journalists …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Electoral Commission has eased restrictions on use of cameras and other recording devices at polling stations on election day. Earlier this week, the chairman of the commission Justice Simon Byabakama had communicated new guidelines that would apply to the January 14, general election. Contentious …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Candidates for the Kumi municipality MP seat have contested the relocation of the tally center from the District Council Hall to the District Registrar’s office located at Tank Ward, South division in Kumi municipality. The relocation of the tally center was announced on Friday as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The three neighboring pastoralists communities, the Karimojong of Uganda, Turkana and the Pokot of Kenya have welcomed the move by the two governments of Kenya and Uganda to carry out a joint animal vaccination with the move to fight animal disease along the border corridors. …