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Extra sh2.3 billion needed for 773 promoted officers’ salaries

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force (UPF) will annually incur Shillings 2.3 billion extra to cater for salary enhancement of recently promoted officers. The Commander in Chief of the armed forces and head of state, Yoweri Museveni, last week promoted 773 police officers. The promoted …

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Science teachers up in arms after many miss salary increase

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many teachers of science across the country have missed out on the recently approved salary enhancement that created waves of both anger and celebration in the education sector. This financial year, the government declared a 300 per cent salary rise for science teachers in …

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Mabirizi drags Mao to court on common nuisance charges

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has instituted criminal proceedings against Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao, over his recent memorandum of understanding with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The charges stem from the 42 Clause Memorandum of Understanding signed at State House Entebbe between Museveni who is …

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Theft Charges: MP agrees to pay phone owner sh30million

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has set Busiro North Member of Parliament Paul Nsubuga free of charges of theft of a mobile phone. The Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Siena Owomugisha on Friday discharged and set Nsubuga free upon reconciliation between him and the …

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Gov’t to establish regional centres to manage disasters

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has developed a robust disaster risk management plan that will mitigate impending disasters across the country, the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hillary Onek, has said. Onek said that the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) is set to establish five regional centres …

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How Uganda started to tackle stunting – without a stunting plan

We spoke with Dr. Richard Kajura of the Makerere University School of Public Health about how the country significantly reduced prevalence of the condition by improving poverty, health, nutrition, education, and water and sanitation – by Exemplars News — August 04, 2022 SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | In the 1990s, Uganda …

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Minister directed on body organ theft, labour export firms

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Member of Parliament for Kilak North County, Anthony Akol, has asked Parliament to direct the Minister for Internal Affairs to clarify on the regulations in place pertaining to labour export. According to Akol, the minister, while addressing the media recently, said every labour export company …

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Man arrested for attempting to disarm UPDF soldier

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man has been arrested in Arua city for allegedly attempting to disarm a soldier at an army detach. The suspect has been identified as Johnson Adiga, 47, a resident of Vura village, Lamila Parish in Maracha district. According to the UPDF, the incident happened on …

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PAPs protest Mubende-Kakumiro road compensation rates

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mubende municipality who were affected by the construction of the Mubende-Kakumiro road have protested against the low compensation rates. The residents of East Division and Kiyuuni sub-county in Mubende district claim that some of their properties were undervalued during the construction of the 30km …

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