Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has issued a warning to his opponents who he says are working with outside forces to cause chaos in Uganda. Speaking moments after he was nominated as a presidential candidate for the 2021 general elections at Kyambogo University, Museveni said nobody …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business operators in busy Banda area along Jinja road have adhered to police directives not to operate during the presidential nomination period. Sunday evening and Monday morning, police visited different businesses in Banda along Jinja road and asked them not to operate for the two …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) has closed 117 illegal drug outlets in Northern Uganda during an operation aimed at enforcing compliance with licensing requirements. NDA conducted the operations between Oct 19th and 30th to crackdown down on drug outlets operating in none compliance with their …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 homes and crop gardens in 68 villages in Buyanga sub-county, Busia municipality have been submerged following an increase of water in Lumboka swamp. The affected people are from Magale, Busembe East, Busembe West, Nasinjehe, Bumirambako, Buhalariire, Buhonge, Buyunda, Nanyoni in Buyanga sub-county …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Namayingo district registered a low turn up during the just concluded cholera vaccination exercise within the selected risk areas. The government last week rolled out the cholera vaccination exercise in several cholera hotspots among them Busia and Namayingo. The district which has recurring outbreaks …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has disputed accountability flaws in the procurement and nationwide distribution of non-medical masks meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The flaws are highlighted in a report by the Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit in the Ministry of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishing activities have resumed on 13 landing sites in Kwania and Dokolo districts. It follows the government’s decision to lift the suspension on fishing activities on Lake Kwania and Kyoga after the March 2019 suspension on the request from Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organization …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wilfred Peter Musamali Mukhalisi, a teacher at Buteteya primary in Namisidwa district has died because of excessive alcohol consumption. Mukhalisi died on Friday evening following a drinking spree at a local drinking joint. His wife Magdalen Nafula says the deceased left home at around …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF and South Sudan Army are trading accusations for alleged failure to respect each other’s territorial boundaries triggering clashes along the Uganda-South Sudan border. On Tuesday last week, UPDF was involved in a heavy gunfire exchange with SSPDF soldiers at Atwila …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electoral Commission chairman Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi has cautioned supporters of any of the aspiring presidential candidates not to be lured into confrontational engagements with security forces. Byabakama told journalists that the commission had received reports that several presidential aspirants have mobilized supporters to hold …
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