Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 2,425 elderly persons have been registered to benefit from the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment-SAGE program in Hoima district. The State Minister for Gender and Culture who doubles as the Bunyangabu district Woman MP Peace Regis Mutuuzo says that the beneficiaries were …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, Dr. Solomon Gafabusa Iguru has directed all kingdom ministers and county chiefs intending to join active politics to first resign. In his message delivered by the Prime Minister Andrew Byakutaga, the Omukama says the Kingdom is none political and …
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Fort Portal , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the first phase of Buhinga stadium in Fort Portal tourism city is complete. Eng. Besigye Bekunda, the head of the Engineering Brigade of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces -UPDF, says they have completed construction of the perimeter wall which …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district COVID-19 taskforce is seeking to create a holding centre at Gulu Region Referral Hospital for treating children infected with COVID-19. Dozens of breastfeeding mothers who tested positive for the virus disease are undergoing treatment at the facility. Already one of the six …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries has lifted the ban on the sale of animals and their products in the district. In 2019, the Agricultural, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Ministry imposed a ban on the sale livestock to contain the highly contagious …
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Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has set 27 July as the date for resuming fishing activities on Lake Kyoga and Lake Kwania. In April 2019, the government suspended fishing following a request by Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organisation (LAKIMO) following concerns of depletion of fish species due to poor …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region is hunting for Yasin Wandera, a private guard who allegedly battered his Seven-year-old son Halid Mwima, and broke his left thigh bone. Mwima, a resident of Lwanda village in Northern division, Jinja city is currently nursing wounds at Jinja regional referral …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Media owners and managers from the countryside have appealed to parliament to reign-in on the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to scrap the requirement of offering free airtime for government programs. UCC guidelines issued in 2014 require all licensed radio and television stations to broadcast …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of youths stormed the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party offices in Kasese District on Tuesday, contesting the withdrawal of nomination forms issued to Busongora South MP Mbaju Jackson Kathika. The youth accused the commission and FDC area leaders of plotting to block their …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two police officers in Gulu were hospitalized at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital last evening after an attack by a gang of suspected car robbers. The officers; Corporal Andrew Mulyamboga, the Officer-in-charge of Paicho Police Station and his associate Detective Corporal Menya had responded to a …
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