Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee will need 200 million shillings to facilitate regional consultations on the recently tabled electoral reforms. The reforms were tabled by the government through the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill, the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill, the Electoral Commission (Amendment) Bill, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) has embarked on investigations to establish how an Italian national, Franco Corona, was duped and robbed of an unspecified amount of money in two fake gold transactions. Initial reports had indicated that Franco Corona had been kidnapped, prompting a …
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Kigezi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Executive Director of Gatatu Safaris Limited, Richard Tusasibwe has been arrested for allegedly obtaining money by false pretence from tourists. Tusasiibwe who runs the tour company based in Kigezi sub region was arrested on Monday at around 10:00AM by heavily armed tourist police …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Civil Division of High Court to quash the recent appointment of army officers into Uganda Police Force. The army officers are Brigadier Sam Bakasumba, the Chief of Joint Staff Uganda Police Force, Brigadier Godfrey Golooba, Director Human Resource Development …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angry residents of Bardege division in Gulu municipality forced the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Betty Aol Ocan to trek for three kilometers in protest of bad roads. The LOP had paid an impromptu visit to hundreds of people who had gathered at Gulu …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Staffs representatives from nine Public Universities are expected to meet President, Yoweri Museveni to discuss the delayed salary enhancement. Khalid Mahmoud, the deputy spokesperson Gulu University, says he received an invitation to meet the President at State House, Entebbe on Tuesday to discuss their …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said his recent countrywide ‘wealth creation’ campaign aimed to continue his life-long assault on the bottleneck of the archaic tradition of subsistence farming. “The traditional way, where you only work for the stomach (subsistence farming), is a disaster for the African …
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Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People Power, a pressure group led by Kyaddondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, has unveiled a coordination team that will spearhead its activities in Bunyoro region, ahead of the 2021 presidential elections. The Bunyoro People Power district coordinators were unveiled on Saturday afternoon by Barnabas Tinkasiimire, …
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Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patrick Muganzi has been maintained as the third Deputy Prime Minister and Security Minister in Tooro Kingdom, despite reports implicating him as a defiant wetland encroacher. Muganzi was recently implicated for constructing houses and planting eucalyptus trees in Mugunu Wetland in Kabarole District. The report …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has started digging deep trenches along the border between Murchison National Park and Oyam district. This is one of the attempts by UWA to restrain marauding elephants from crossing into the community. The trenches stretch from Akuridia through Bombay, Apala A …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
