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Bukiende, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Bukiende Sub County in Mbale district have decided to take matters in their own hands and work on Bukiende-Mbale road. Residents picked up hoes and machetes on Monday afternoon and decided to work on the road that has been in sorry state for …

Bududa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Government has allocated Shillings 2.1 billion for the construction of Nakatsi seed secondary school in Bududa district. The money will be used to construct six class room blocks, 2 teacher’s houses, two latrines, library, computer lab, laboratory and playground. The construction works were commissioned over …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament on the Committee on Agriculture want the government to account for funds spent in the fight against locusts.   Uganda has spent more than 267 billion shillings in loans and donations to fight locusts that ravaged some parts of East and Central Africa …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   A meeting of top government officials is underway at State House Entebbe to discuss the possible reopening of the remaining sectors of the economy, as the President prepares to speak to the Nation today.  The government started easing COVID-19 restrictions a month ago, after …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Dorotia Nakabuye, a 90-year-old resident of Nambi village, in Zirobwe Sub-county has sued a Chinese Company Bangcheng Investments Limited for undertaking stone quarrying activities near her home. Nakabuye said that she is a peasant farmer who is suffering from illnesses that come with old age, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s international obligations are expected to accumulate to 46.28 billion Shillings this financial year, if no funding is availed to clear arrears, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Annually, the Ministry is expected to meet subscription fees to different International Organizations, among them the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Private School owners in Kampala Central Division have petitioned Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA seeking a waiver of property tax and trading license for at least two years to enable them to recover from effects of COVID-19. The schools, organised under Kampala Central Private Schools Owners …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandans in the diaspora and the prisoners will be able to participate in the 2026 general elections but not in 2021 as had been earlier ordered by the High Court. This is according to the consent order signed by the Electoral Commission lawyers led by …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has said that he does not see any problem with his absence as chair of the plenary, saying he will resume when asked to do so. Oulanyah was speaking to the press about his candidature for the position …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda People’s Defence Forces – UPDF has started conducting a two week refresher course for 6000 Local Defence Units-  LDUs. In statement issued by UPDF Spokesperson, Brig. Richard Karemire, the refresher training is being spearheaded by deputy Land Forces commander, Maj. Gen Sam Kavuma. LDUs …