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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is set to construct at least 20 fish ponds in Kitgum district to promote fish farming and to generate income for the locals. According to the Ministry of Environment who will undertake the project, the pilot project will be established along the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prasidia Nagasha, a female activist has petitioned the High Court Civil Division to ban a song titled ‘Property’ by local music artist Fik Fameica. The other respondents to the suit are Martin Musoke alias Artin Pro, the producer of the song and Uganda Communications …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development will this month inject 1.93 billion shillings in the Youth Livelihood Program- YLP. According to the Minister for Gender, Labor and Social Development Frank Tumwebaze, 203 groups comprising of 2,236 youths from 26 districts will receive …

UPDATE 🔺 August 12th – new COVID-19 cases 21 🔺 Total confirmed cases 1,353. 🔺 8 new cases are from Malaba point of entry 🔺 12 new cases are contacts and community alerts. 🔹 Total Deaths: 11 🔸Total Recoveries: 1,141 🔹Samples from Points of Entry tested today:2,871 🔸Samples from community and contacts: 1,147 🔹Samples tested …

Bunyangabu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The elderly persons in Bunyangabu District have welcomed a motion allowing for their representation in Parliament.   Last month, MPs created five seats for elderly members of Parliament, who will be elected at the regional level and one national representative. They will be part of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda on Thursday suffered a fourth nationwide blackout in five months, raising concerns about the state of the sector. According to energy experts, the insistent nationwide blackouts raise questions on the stability of the country’s power supply and but also on whether the technical …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Acting Luweero Resident District Commissioner Miriam Kagaiga Mugisha has been put to task to explain the selective enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines among persons campaigning for various political offices in the area.  Many of the residents and aspirants say that the Office of the RDC …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Kingdom of Tooro has signed a Memorandum of Understanding-MoU with Uganda Industrial Research Institute- UIRI to establish an industrial research institute and specialized industrial park in Tooro. The park, valued at USD 100 million (366 billion Shillings), will be named the King Oyo Science, …

    Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pioneer Hospital and its Annex at Ediofe in Arua district have reopened to the public 17 days after they were closed after one of their patients tested positive for Covid19. The private health facilities were closed on July 26th, 2020 and all …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A 19-year-old has picked presidential nomination papers from the Electoral Commission.  Hillary Humphrey Kaweesa who picked the forms on Wednesday is in Senior Six vacation, and a former student of Mengo Senior Secondary School.  Kaweesa says that he attained three principal passes in the 2019 …