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Uganda needs 300 more health facilities -Ministry of Health

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry needs to construct an additional 300 health facilities so as to extend quality health care services to all Ugandans. According to the Health Ministry, there is need to increase the number of General hospitals, health center IVs and IIIs if …

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Former fighters against Lakwena petition Kadaga over compensation

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A section of Ugandans who battled against rebel leader Alice Lakwena have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga over delayed compensation for their role in stopping the rebel. Alice Lakwena Auma, the head of the Holy Spirit Movement from Northern, Uganda led a rebellion …

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Judges warned against under-performance as case backlog increases

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Principal Judge, Dr Flavian Zeija has warned under performing Judges proposing that they should not get remuneration citing that the case backlog in 2019 has increased by 88 percent.  Dr Zeija made the remarks on Monday afternoon while presenting the annual performance report for …

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Indian national arrested over kidnapping foreigners

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security team in Kampala has arrested an Indian national, Praful Butan on allegations of orchestrating a kidnap of four Asians. Butan was arrested on Sunday alongside his alleged Ugandan accomplice, Ignatius Mugumya, on accusation of kidnapping, Akshay Parapati, Sahil Patel, Atul Patel …

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FDC tasks Ochola to explain police brutality

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has tasked the Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola to intervene on the escalating cases of police brutality and explain claims that Nalufenya police station has once again turned into a torture chamber. The FDC Deputy Spokesperson, …

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Supreme Court Panel set for case against dismissal of six MPs

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has constituted a panel of seven Justices to hear a consolidated application seeking to stay the execution of the Constitutional Court decision, which nullified the election of legislators for six newly created municipalities. A notice issued by the Acting Assistant Supreme …

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Nursery bed operators stuck with seedlings as NAADs reduces purchase

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1000 nursery bed operators across the country are stuck with overgrown planting materials due to lack of market. The nursery bed operators under their umbrella of Plant Nursery Operators of Uganda-PNOA-U have been supplying planting materials to the National Agriculture Advisory Services-NAADs at …

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