Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 people in five parishes in Bugitimwa sub-county, Sironko district are living in the cold following the destruction of their houses by heavy rains. The affected people are from Elgon, Lusangala, Bumulegi, Gibenjeyi and Bumagabuli parishes. Pascal Wanyala, the Lusagali parish LC …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of funding has dashed the hopes of several youths in Tooro sub-region to contest for elective positions. Some of the affected youths missed nominations for parliamentary seats while those who got nominated are struggling to print posters or get media space for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The poor state of roads in Buhesi sub county in Bunyagabu district is holding back economic growth of the area and hampering access to social services. Buhesi sub county is known for growing matooke, cassava and onions among other crops. However, one of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | This morning the country woke up to the sad news of the passing of Col Shaban Bantariza, the Deputy Executive director of the Uganda Media Centre. The news of his passing was stunning to many because it had not been reported publicly that he …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Desperate times call for desperate measures. With alarm and pressure from activists and now donors over plans to plant sugarcane in parts of Bugoma forest, Members of Parliament want government to invoke its land acquisition power to save the forest. Civil Society organizations have …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and Local Defense Units- LDUs are finding a hard time to control hundreds of people struggling to gain access into Revival Church in Kawaala to mourn the death of Pastor Augustine Yiga. Fondly known as “Abizaayo by his followers, Pastor Yiga breathed his last …
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Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Katakwi District has recorded 1,173 teenage pregnancies in the last seven months. This is part of the report compiled by the District Probation Report from various partners in different sub-counties and Katakwi General Hospital. According to the report, Katakwi Town Council leads with 190 cases, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police, Martin Ochola, has ordered for the distribution of more than 50,000 copies of the new Standard Operation Procedures to all police officers, LDUs and UPDF soldiers attached to the police force. In response to President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to draft new …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal will make a judgment on Monday, November 2 to determine whether Diamond Trust Bank, DTB, refunds an equivalent of Sh120 billion shillings to businessman Hamis Kiggundu. The ruling will also shed more light as to whether the loans Kiggundu took …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional petition demanding for a 20 percent mid-term access to benefits by contributors to the National Social Security Fund has been adjourned to February 25 2021 for conferencing. The petition which was filed by Morisson Rwakakamba the former Presidential Assistant on Research and Information and …
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