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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A row has erupted between Rukiga district councillors and the office of the Chief Administrative Officer over a failed agriculture tour. On September 26th, councillors resolved during a council session to have an agriculture tour in Masaka district. The council resolved that the office of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Kampala Geopolitics Conference 2019 had it all on day one.  African and global politics, debate and Intellectualism rolled in a few hours….and that is before an even more promising day two, due Friday at Makerere University. The conference was “…fired by the most impressive and energetic moderation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Government of Uganda through National Water and Sewerage Corporation has taken over piped water supply operations in Rwamwanje-Kamwenge district. This follows the signing of an MoU between the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and NWSC to provide reliable water supply to over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Uganda government will once again withdraw money from the petroleum fund and use it to fund the 2019/220 financial year budget. According to Bank of Uganda, government will withdraw 445 billion shillings which will be transferred from the fund to the consolidated fund for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Parents have expressed dissatisfaction with the manner in which the government has handled the ongoing Measles-Rubella mass vaccination campaign that started yesterday, across the country. The five-day campaign is supposed to provide a booster dose for measles and introduce the rubella vaccine among children …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The police top leadership headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police –DIGP Maj Gen Muzeeyi Sabiiti, is in Kisozi, Mpigi District to deliver a plan to President Museveni on fighting gangs in Kampala. A senior police source at police headquarters in Naguru who preferred …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Uganda Industrial Research Institute- UIRI is considering several innovations to increase the commercial use of bamboo. Dubbed, the wonder plant, the evergreen perennial flowering plant is believed to be the strongest fastest-growing wood plant on earth. The previously unusable species have seen dramatic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Chairpersons of the three divisions of Fort Portal Municipality are up in arms against the new fees they are required to pay for garbage collection. Initially, garbage would be collected by the council which would avail trucks for the task and respective divisions- East, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Minister for Works and Transport, Eng. Monica Azuba has been accused for tabling the Traffic and Road Safety Bill, 2019 with the wrong certificate of financial implications. Azuba tabled the Bill in July for its first reading and the committee on Physical Infrastructure …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Whistle-blowers, who are also claimants in the 7.5 billion shillings land acquisition by Uganda Free Zone Authority in Wakiso district, are demanding security protection from government through the Land Commission of Inquiry. They say their lives, homes and properties are under threats from some of …