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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Netherlands army has concluded a five year Memorandum of Understanding-MoU to provide lecturers and financial aid to towards capacity building of the UPDF legal officers at their Jinja based Legal training center-LTC. The MoU signed in 2015 with UPDF involved offering undisclosed amounts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The population explosion across Africa’s regional economic block has become a major danger to environmental conservation. Researchers in some of the blocks are observing new trends of environmental degradation and water pollution as humans search for survival in the environment. Dr. Divane Nzima, a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ssezibwa regional marine police has restricted passenger boats plying the Kiyindi-Buvuma route to prevent water accidents. Following the suspension of Kiyindi-Buvuma ferry last week because of a mechanical breakdown, various boat operators including fishermen started transporting people across Lake Victoria without considering passenger safety. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A fresh row has erupted in Mbarara municipality over the design of the roundabout. The fresh disagreements follow what councilors say is the failure by the technocrats to implement a council resolution taken early this year calling for the revision of the roundabout design. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People residing in Central Uganda bought more solar products than any other region last year, a solar market report has indicated. The survey done by sellers of solar products shows that central region, where Kampala falls, bought 118,830 products, much higher than any other …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 183 drug outlets have been closed by the National Drug Authority-NDA in Western Uganda over the last one week. The outlets were closed in an enforcement operation that started on November 18, 2019 and ended on November 22, 2019. It covered 19 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight police officers are standing trial before the Police Disciplinary court for negligence in connection to the kidnap and subsequent murder of social worker, Maria Nagirinya and her driver, Ronald Kitayimbwa. The duo was kidnapped outside Nagirinya’s main gate on August 28 in Lungujja, …

Goma, DR Congo | AFP | At least 23 bodies were recovered on Sunday after a small plane believed to have been carrying 19 passengers and crew crashed on takeoff into a densely populated area of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. An official at Goma airport, Richard Mangolopa, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As talks of opposition coalition continue, the Alliance for National Transformation Party-ANT, says it doesn’t have any working relationship with the Forum for Democratic Party-FDC until they reach a point when they are sure that they can trust them. The ANT National coordinator and …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | Tanzania on Sunday held local government elections, viewed as a test case ahead of national polls next year, with the main opposition party boycotting the ballot citing violence and intimidation. The long-ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party of President John Magufuli is therefore …