Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has tasked the Education and Sports Ministry to present a budget for the provision of free sanitary pads to school girls. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga issued the directive after the Presidency Minister, Esther Mbayo, failed to state how much money government …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A law firm has dragged Kampala Archdiocese to court for alleged failure to pay shillings 920 million for collecting rent arrears worth shillings 17 billion. According to documents before the High Court Civil Division, Kampala Archdiocese instructed Byenkya, Kihika and Company Advocates in 2018 …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipal taxi park land has been solved off to a new developer without the knowledge of the municipal authorities. The taxi park operates on Kyaggwe block 530 plot 1-17 in Total ward along Kamapala-Jinja highway. The land belonged to the family of the late …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is carrying out consultations in a bid to ratify the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance- ACDEG. Head of Legal Department at the ministry, Ambassador Asaba Amooti says that while Uganda signed the charter in 2008, it has not yet ratified it. …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | William Otim alias Rasta Bosmic Joyce Otim, the People Power mobiliser for Northern Uganda is one of the 104,467 candidates sitting the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education – UACE exams that began on Monday. The local Afro-beat Popstar is writing his exams at Gulu Hall, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Amnesty Commission has demobilized 164 reporters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) over the last one year. The Commission says it demobilized most of the reporters from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where it also made contact …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than Shillings 3 trillion is locked up in disputes before the Commercial court and High Court Land Division, URN has learnt. According to Chief Justice Bart Katureebe, the judiciary is struggling to free the money from disputes due to human resource gaps in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has cautioned the Government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa and the Executive against undermining the powers and role of the legislature. Kadaga says that she is concerned that while political parties have the right to caucus and make decisions on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shillings 24 Billion meant for the construction of Isimba Dam Bridge, was swindled, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has revealed. Commissioned on March 21st, 2019, the 183MW Isimba Hydro Power Project is located 4km downstream of Simba Falls on the River Nile, approximately …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new platform called the APEX to be chaired by the President has been mooted to be the topmost stage to carry out oversight of government programes performance. The platform will be made up of what has been described as the big four government …
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