Mbarara , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City authorities have lowered fees levied for the approval of building prototype plans in order to encourage more people to go through the formal procedure before constructing houses. A plan of the two-roomed residential unit with a Kitchen or store will be charged …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is seven months since, President Yoweri Museveni, commissioned the National Closed Circuit Television – CCTV Command Centre based at Naguru police headquarters. But the public had never been granted the chance to tour and assimilate with what is done inside. On a bright afternoon, …
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Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Army has said that the growing trend of animal theft by suspected Karamojong rustlers in Agago district is partly being aided by local collaborators within the communities. Brig Michael Kabango, the Fifth Infantry Division Commander says their intelligence indicates that the thieves are using …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 50 homesteads have been submerged by water in Kanyangeya main cell, Nyamwamba Division, Kasese District. The area is adjacent to River Nyamwaba. The River flooded in May leaving a trail of destruction across the district and displacing some of its waters into low …
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Kapelebyong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cattle traders in Kapelebyong are decrying losses resulting from the operations by the Uganda Peoples Defense Force- UPDF in Karamoja region. The traders say that they have lost more than 200 million Shillings over the last three months as the army intensified its operations in …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the multi-billion Kitgum Main Market may take longer than its contractual duration due to effects of the COVID-19 lockdown, according to Municipal officials. The market, valued at 23 billion Shillings is constructed with funding from the African Development Bank-AfDB. But the task which …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Islamic University in Uganda-IUIU has announced salary cuts for all its staff members following a review of the terms of employment amidst the COVID-19 lockdown. The University Secretary Hussein Lukyamuzi says that the institution is unable to pay salaries to the staff members as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two hawkers have been arrested on allegations of stabbing two Kampala Capital City Authority law enforcement officers. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango identified the arrested hawkers as Juma Akankwasa and Charles Nsereko. He said the two hawkers waylaid John Lubega Mutebi and Isaac Egesa …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned officials from the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) over their failure to pay a 2.87 billion Shillings debt to a German firm, Muhlbauer High Tech International. The firm was contracted by the government to update the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) has been given one-week to present before parliament a list of its staff that declined to sign performance agreements and plans for questioning. The Immigration officials led by the Director Maj. Gen. Kasiita-Gowa were on Friday appearing …
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