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Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The regional consultative meeting on the electoral reforms bill 2019 for the Rwenzori region has flopped.  The meeting which was supposed to be held on Tuesday at Kabarole District Headquarters in Kitumba, Fort Portal Municipality was only attended by only three district councillors, few district …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The inaugural flight of Uganda Airlines cost the company up to 120 million shillings. The airline, on Tuesday morning, made an inaugural flight to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport – JKIA with 74 passengers on board. Among them were three cabinet officials led by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has declined to assent to the Minimum Wages Bill. The Bill was in February passed by parliament. The Minimum Wages Bill, 2018 sought to empower the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development to appoint a Minimum wages Board to fix …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet has halted the proposed construction of the 360 megaWatts power project on Uhuru falls that is few meters from the Murchison Falls. The Tourism, Wild Life and Antiquities Minister, Professor, Ephraim Kamuntu disclosed the cabinet decision at the weekly cabinet briefing at government …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The health budget which currently stands at 6% could fall to 3% in the next two years, Dr Sam Okuonzi a health policy researcher and former head of policy analysis in the Ministry of Health has predicted. Okuonzi who was speaking at a symposium …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Agricultural Advisory Services- NAADS secretariat returned 39.7 billion shillings to the treasury in 2018/2019 financial year. The report of the Accountant General noted that departments, agencies and local governments failed to spend a total of shillings 349.7 billion out of the 33.3 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The inaugural flight for the revived Uganda Airlines company has taken off from Entebbe International Airport this morning. It is destined for Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. The flight UR 202 took off the Entebbe International Airport Runway at 11.10 am. Aboard the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The cheetah of Kidepo Valley National Park, Pian Upe Game Reserve and Matheniko-Bokora Wildlife Reserve is critically threatened, according to a new red list of critically endangered species released by the Ministry of Tourism. The same list also names the spotted Hyena of Queen …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is a bitter row between Elemental Energy Uganda Limited and Electricity Regulatory Authority-ERA over the license for the construction of a hydro power project on River Kaku in Kisoro district. Elemental Energy received a license in October 2017 to build the 7MW Nyamabuye power …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Force is investigating the death threats against the State Minister for Privatization, Evelyn Anite. Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, says police teams from the Criminal Investigations Directorate–CID and other critical units within the police force have started investigating the threats against Anite. He says …