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Jinja, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Busoga United FC has defeated fellow Eastern based side Bidco FC in a Uganda Premier League match played on Saturday. Busoga United stopped Bidco FC 2-1 in a game played at the Jinja based Arena Stadium.  Lawrence Tezikya and David Bagoole netted for Busoga United …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | At least 20 people in Tanzania were trampled to death at an open-air evangelical Christian church service in the north of the country, officials said on Sunday. Government official Kippi Warioba, District Commissioner in the northern town of Moshi, said he feared the …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Tanzania has qualified for the next round of the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers after defeating hosts Uganda 2-1 in the second leg played on Saturday at the StarTimes Stadium, Lugogo. This loss marks the end of the road for team Uganda, while …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Commercial Division in Kampala has issued a four-day interim order restraining Uganda Revenue Authority – URA from enforcing the digital tax stamps. The development comes after Muwema and Company Advocates, acting on behalf  Sylvester Kamuli went to court challenging the implementation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng is calling out for more funding to procure pneumonia treatment amoxicillin which is currently distributed by the Village Health Teams to homes. Aceng who was speaking at the closure of the inaugural global meeting on pneumonia …

  Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A fresh disagreement has broken out in Uganda’s oldest political party, the Democratic Party (DP) over internal elections. The row pits the party President Norbert Mao, his deputy Denis Mukasa Mbidde and secretary general Blacks Siranda against mainly DP members of parliament led by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a leadership crisis at the Makerere University Law School ahead of an inspection visit by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). Uganda Radio Network has established that none of the School’s five departments has a substantive head of department, which raises quality …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has asked Aruu Member of Parliament Odonga Otto, and Kilak North MP Anthony Akol to resolve their grievances formally. Odonga Otto was rushed to Nakasero hospital on Thursday after allegedly being punched by the Kilak North Member of …

Kole, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Aspects of performing arts are helping young people in Northern Uganda to understand how to appraise situations, think outside the box and be more confident while faced with unfamiliar situations.  This is the basis on which a project titled. In the name of the Father …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Namayingo district are searching for two clinical officers attached to Buyinjja health center IV over alleged theft of government drugs. The two suspects William Otheino and Cyrus Okuku have since fled their homes located in Buyinjja trading center. On Saturday the Namayingo …