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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 70 million Euros is needed to fully light up Kampala streets and roads, the State Minister for Kampala Benny Namugwanya has revealed. In her statement to parliament on the status of street lighting in Kampala on Tuesday evening, Namugwanya not that only 8 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has maintained the Shillings 3 million nomination fees for parliamentary aspirants. The matter came up during discussions on the Parliamentary Elections Amendment Bill, 2019 during plenary on Tuesday evening. The Bill among others seeks to amend the Parliamentary Elections Act, 2005 to delay elections …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Former World Champions Dorcus Inzikuru and Speaker Rebecca Kadaga joined hundreds of runners Sunday who turned up to raise millions to support the work of Mildmay Uganda. When Kadaga flagged off Inzikuru and several runners in the 2, 5 and 7 km event categories from …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The DRC has discharged the last Ebola patient from a treatment center located in  the North Eastern town of Beni according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Thishis comes after more than a year after an Ebola outbreak was declared in DRC in August 2018. …

Kasese, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Local communities have teamed up with the management of Mubuku Irrigation Scheme in Kasese district to save River Sebwe, the main source of water to the scheme. The water in the river has been dwindling because of pollution and degradation resulting from human activities including …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Ronald Balimwezo Nsubugu, the Nakawa Division Mayor has asked Government to scrap taxes on assistive devices meant for Persons with Disabilities. He explains that PWDs also have a right to enjoy their lives but they have failed to do so due to the fact that …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police are holding three suspected masterminds of attacks on motorists during heavy traffic along Northern Bypass.  The suspects are Alex Matovu, Shaban Rwanyaga and another only identified as Mubilu. Five other suspects including Ken, Babar, Zaina, and Ka-Africa and Richard are still on run. The …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda will be represented by its permanent Representative in United Nations at the Gender meeting in New York following the cancellation of the two-week long annual Commission on the Status of Women because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) scare. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga communicated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Environmentalists want tougher laws to protect grey crested cranes. Records from Nature Uganda, a non governmental organisation involved in the protection of nature show that the number of grey crested cranes dropped from 100,000 between 1972-1974 to 8000 in 2018. 50 percent of the 8000 …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Democratic Party-DP has issued new membership cards, the President General, Norbert Mao has revealed. According to Mao, the new tamper proof party cards are part of their efforts to register party members and compile a national register. He explained that they have printed 200,000 cards …