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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is on the rise in Amudat district according to officials and anti FGM activists. Uganda in 2010 outlawed the harmful practice, but despite the legal instrument, the country has struggled ending the practice among the Pokot girls. URN reports …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to extend its humanitarian work, the government of India through the Indian Women Association (IWA) in Uganda has launched a camp to provide artificial limbs to amputees in Uganda. The chairperson of IWA, Suman Venkatesh said that the artifical limb fitment camp …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat has promised to mend the relations between Uganda and Rwanda once elected president. Amuriat made the promise on Sunday while campaigning in Kisoro district. Rwanda has closed its border with Uganda since February 2019. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleta has raised a red flag over police harassment during his campaign trail in different parts of the country. Kabuleta who started his Busoga campaign trail preaching in the different born again churches in Jinja city on Sunday says that he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Floods have submerged the docking pier at Paraa in Murchison Falls National Park crippling transport. UWA on Sunday issued a flood alert indicating that floods had submerged the ferry docking points at Paraa making it impossible for the ferry to operate across the Nile River. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is less excitement and low expectations among the business community as the festive season approaches. Normally at such a time, downtown Kampala is a beehive of activities with several people stocking Christmas and New year goods. However, on the streets of Kampala, few have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has entered into a partnership with Gulu University to help boost operation wealth creation in Northern Uganda. General Salim Saleh, the Operation Wealth Creation National Coordinator told Uganda Radio Network – URN in an interview on Friday that the partnership seeks to address ways …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Basketball team, the Silverbacks defeated Cape Verde 101-98 in the 2021 AfroBasketball qualifiers in Group E. In the hotly contested game played at the Al ittihad arena in Alexandria on Sunday, Uganda’s International star Ishmail Wainright scored a game-high, 36 points and grabbed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has set up a national taskforce to stop the misuse of mosquito nets delivered by the government. The teams will be led by Resident District Commissioners who will be deputised by district health officers. Each district team will have committee members …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat said that this is the right time for the people of Kisoro district to vote against Yoweri Kaguta Museveni because he mistreated their son, former Inspector General of Police (IGP), General Kale Kayihura. Amuriat …