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Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents and leaders in the villages along Mparo-Noozi-Butambi road in Rukiga district are angry after the contractor abandoned the project. The government through the Ministry of Works and Transport contracted MITA Engineering and Logistics Limited to construct the 8.2-kilometre road under the District Urban and …

Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An assessment of life skills and values among adolescents has started in Oyam district. The 1,050 participants in the exercise are between 13 to 17 years old and selected from different sub-counties within the district. They are being assessed in four key areas which include …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bugiri District Engineer, Godfrey Baliraine has been arrested over shoddy road works.  Baliraine is currently detained at the Bugiri central police station. His arrest follows Thursday’s assessment of the One Billion Shillings that was allocated for the rehabilitation of dilapidated roads in Bugiri district. During …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja City Council has resolved to allocate 52.6 acres of land for the construction of a campus for Makerere University. The land is located in Budondo ward, Northern Division. Rajab Kitto, the Jinja City Council Spokesperson says that they held a meeting with the management …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved a motion to establish the National Institute for Teacher Education, marking a crucial step towards enhancing teacher training programmes in Uganda. The Minister of State for Sports, Peter Ogwang, presented the motion during the plenary sitting presided over by Speaker Anita Among …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has demanded a comprehensive statement on the UK sanctions against the speaker and two backbench members. The Speaker Annet Anita Among together with former Ministers Goretti Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu were on April 30 slapped with sanctions by the UK. Deputy Foreign Secretary, Andrew …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Defence, Jacob Oboth, has said Uganda is ever ready for the formation of the Eastern Africa standby force. Oboth was speaking while meeting the Director of Eastern Africa standby force Brig Gen (rtd) Paul Kahuria Njema at Mbuya military headquarters in Kampala. …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has determined that Karuma Bridge’s integrity is under threat, and have ordered limited traffic use on it. It will be closed to all lorries, trailers, and buses said UNRA in a statement on Friday. Only passenger vehicles carrying up to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Today Friday, 3 May is World Press Freedom Day, which this year is dedicated to the importance of journalism amid a series of mounting environmental crises. Environmental journalists are often the chroniclers of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Suspended Rubaga Division Deputy Resident City Commissioner, Anderson Burora has formed a National Resistance Movement (NRM) group to fight corruption. Burora was in mid-March suspended from office for alleged continued violation of the Uganda Public Service standing orders 2021. He had openly confronted the …