Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two fishermen have lost their hands during operations mounted by officers attached to the Fisheries Protection Unit in Bugonga, a suburb of Entebbe Municipality. The victims have been identified as Tonny Mawejja and Kamada Mutebi. The fishermen were found leaving their fishing grounds in Bussi …
Read More »Oil & Gas; Final Investment Decision delay sparks discomfort among CSO’s
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delay in the announcement of the Final Investment Decision on the Uganda oil project is causing unease among civil society organizations in the Albertine graben. Uganda discovered approximately 6.5 million barrels of commercially viable oil deposits in the Albertine graben in 2006, raising …
Read More »Ugandans need to understand food values better -Nutritionists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans have been urged to take a keen interest in the kind of food they are consuming, amid an increasing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDS). Dr Mary Nalubega, a nutritionist based at Kampala Hospital says increasingly, people with chronic illness such as high blood …
Read More »Kitgum gets additional UGX 2.7 Billion USMID funds
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has released additional 2.7 billion shillings to Kitgum Municipal Council under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructural Development [USMID] programme. Emmanuel Banya, the Kitgum Municipal Council Town Clerk told Uganda Radio Network in an interview on Friday that the money is meant to …
Read More »Parliament blocks Obore’s return from forced leave
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Clerk to Parliament Jane Kibirige has extended the forced leave of Parliaments’ Director of Communications and Public Affairs Chris Obore indefinitely. Obore’s trouble with Parliament started in March 2019 when Kibirige notified him that the Inspectorate of Government had conducted investigations noting that …
Read More »Entebbe Airport sets up special clearance stands for G77 Summit delegates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe International Airport has been re-modified to ease travel needs and clearance for dignitaries coming to Uganda for the G77 + China summit in April. The G77 is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing countries in the United Nations, used as a platform to …
Read More »Kaggwa Sewankambo takes charge of UCC as Mutabazi’s contract expires
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Engineer Godfrey Mutabazi’s contract as Executive Director of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has expired and will not be renewed, sources have told Uganda Radio Network (URN). Mutabazi who has served for two five-year terms will not have his contract renewed when it expires this Sunday, …
Read More »Police warns parents on new tricks used by child kidnappers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have expressed concern over rising incidents of children being kidnapped in the presence of their parents or caretakers and asked public to be aware of the new tricks being used. In the last two months, at least six children have been kidnapped from …
Read More »UVRI to conduct new HIV vaccine trial in May
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Virus Research Institute will in May conduct a new HIV vaccine trial. Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu the Executive director of Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), says that the participants will be given Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs to guard them against possible infection during …
Read More »Tree Fund frustrated by Finance Ministry – Speaker Kadaga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has revealed that she is frustrated by the Ministry of Finance for failing to finance the Tree Fund enacted under the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act, 2003. Kadaga says that it is sickening that 16 years after …
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