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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kitgum General Hospital management have renewed calls to the Health Ministry to elevate the facility to a Regional Referral Hospital. They argue that for long the health facility has been offering health services beyond the level of a district Hospital with limited funding from government. …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Flying squad operatives have arrested three suspected Motorcycle robbers who have been terrorizing cyclists in the region.  They were arrested on Thursday night in one of the lodges in Hoima town.   Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson identified the suspects as Fred Ssegawa 28, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The fate of numerous pending complaints filed at the Land Commission of Inquiry for investigations hang in balance as tenure of the Commission ends. The Commission of Inquiry into land matters says two and half years of extensive investigations failed to get to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Uganda Silverbacks basketball team on Friday night defeated Nigeria 15-14 in a breathtaking game of the FIBA 3X3 Basketball Africa Cup. In a game played at the Lugogo Hockey stadium, the Silverbacks which trailed in the first half of the game made a comeback …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Peoples Government plans to petition the International Criminal Court ICC against President Yoweri Museveni for allegedly committing crimes against humanity. Addressing the media on Friday, at their offices on Katonga road, the Peoples Government Deputy President Erias Lukwago says that President Museveni in his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Government will next year take over Mountains of the Moon University – MMU. In 2017, management of the University applied to government to take it over and turn it into a public university. Last year in January, President Yoweri Museveni directed the Education and Sports …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Engineer Irene Muloni says Uganda’s oil and gas sector is open for business to African investors. Muloni says investors should bid for the second licensing round for the five highly prospective blocks in the Avivi, Omuka, Turaco, Ngaji. Kasurubani and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Members of Parliament on the committee of Environment and Natural Resources want stone quarrying in Bulambuli district halted. The MPs on Thursday visited Bulambuli district on a fact-finding mission following the on-going floods in the district. For the last four years, the lower belt of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Janat Mukwaya has called for a review of the staffing composition within the International Labour Organsiation (ILO) to reflect the organisation’s diversity in nature. “The universal nature of the ILO should be better reflected in …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The reports says Africa’s natural resources aren’t limited to sunshine and other energy sources. It also possesses major reserves of minerals such as cobalt and platinum that are needed in fast-growing clean energy industries. Africa is set to become increasingly influential in shaping global …