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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of LCV chairpersons in Karamoja sub region have rejected the proposal by members of parliament to manage the iron sheet distribution exercise. In July 2022, the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs pledged to provide 100,000 iron sheets and 74,000 goats to support reformed cattle …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Eratu, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party candidate in the Serere County by-election on Tuesday held door-to-door campaigns to lure potential voters. Eratu and his campaign team reached out to voters in their homes and business premises. He said that door-to-door is one of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Government Minister, Raphael Magyezi has directed Mukono District LCV chairperson, Rev. Peter Bakaluba Mukasa to constitute a District Service Commission-DSC before February 28, as guided by the Public Service Commission-PSC or face sanctions. On January 19, 2023, Winnie Agnes Kabogoza Musoke, the PSC Chairperson …

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Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buikwe district councilors have protested a move by the executive committee to clear a debt of 106 million Shillings to the contractor who constructed the administration block. The councilors led by Tom Kiwanuka, a councilor of Nyenga division say that they cannot inherit debts left …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero Resident District Commissioner has directed the District Police Commander to arrest brokers at police stations and outposts citing rampant extortion. A number of people hang around police stations and outposts in the district where they act as go-betweens policemen, complainants, or relatives of accused …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua Grade One Magistrates Court has remanded two people over allegations of trafficking in children. The suspects Sabiri Siraji 27, and his co accused Geriya Salima 28, appeared before Christine Imalingat, the acting senior Grade One Magistrate Arua on Tuesday afternoon. They were arrested on …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 75-year-old man has died after being attacked by a stray elephant in Buliisa district. The deceased has been identified as Mogo Ungyera, a resident of Waiga village in Bugana Parish. He was attacked on Sunday evening when the elephant strayed from the Murchison Falls …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights is a necessity for every young person regardless of their abilities, however, there are challenges to ensuring that this works out in Uganda.  For instance, the Uganda demographic health survey(2016) indicates a 28% unmet family planning need and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vandalism of road furniture on the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway remains one of the biggest challenges on the country’s only toll road, legislators on the Committee on Physical Infrastructure have noted. The MPs have tasked the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to come up with strategic and …