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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has said that the 11th Parliament owes Ugandans a duty to restore the dignity and reputation of the legislative arm of government.  According to Oulanyah, Members of Parliament are no longer respected amongst Ugandans because a lot …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  From supporting Rwenzururu secessionists from Tooro Kingdom in 1960s to supporting the return of the lost counties to Bunyoro kingdom, direct elections in Buganda in 1961 ahead of independence, a new book details Uganda’s first short lived prime minister, Benedicto Kiwanuka’s political maneuvers. Titled Contesting …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is anger among Busia market vendors who have missed out on stalls in the new market. On Monday, Busia municipal council authorities started to resettle traders in the new market constructed at Solo A village in Western Division.  Pascal Moyah, the Western Division town …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Unity Platform-NUP will next week conduct primaries for the position of Speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. The Speaker, a position introduced in the KCCA amendment of 2019 is elected by the councillors to preside over council sittings, pass authority budgets and conduct an …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Farmers in Kitgum and Pader Districts are failing to reap profits from the sale of fresh organic mangoes over limited markets. It is the mango season in the region and most homesteads within rural and some urban areas with mango trees are flourishing with ripe …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) newly elected representatives in Parliament have defended their stay in Parliament saying they play a key role in developing policies related to security.   In January 2021, the UPDF elected 10 representatives in Parliament. They are; General David Muhoozi, the Chief …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly constituted council of Lira City has set their target to develop marketing and value addition of agricultural products for development. Lira, having many small scale industries and agro processing factories mostly dealing in oil seed was created as a commercial and industrial city.  With …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A year since the commencement of the Presidential Initiative on Wealth Creation dubbed Emyooga, the initiative has so far disbursed Shs 200 billion to SACCOs for online disbursement to the parish-based group.  However, many would be beneficiaries say they have not yet received the money, …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Peter Ssenkungu, the National Resistance Movement-NRM party Chairperson for Masaka District has lost the bid to become Speaker.  Ssenkungu who is the Male Workers representative to the district council had expressed interest in becoming the Masaka district council Speaker.  However he was defeated by National …

Kasese , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Joint Medical Stores -JMS has donated an oxygen concentrator and a fetal doppler to Kilembe Mines Hospital in Kasese Municipality in an effort to improve health services at the facility. A fetal doppler monitors a baby when still in the mothers’ uterus. The hospital …