Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Chinese firm carrying out commercial sand extraction has defied orders to suspend its operations in the buffer zone of Lake Birinzi. Last month, Bukakata sub county leaders and the greater Masaka Regional Environmental Police closed down one of the company’s sand mining sites located …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MpaMpe is a digital hybrid crowd-funding application that seeks to bridge the gap between the needy or campaigners, and funders or sponsors, to support their ideas through a transparent model and accountability of funds. Founded in 2021 by five Makerere University students: Maria Luzinda, Emmilly …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A two-year-old boy was on Wednesday hit by a stray bullet fired by flying squad operatives attached to the Albertine regional police. The victim, ltakabir Kyakuhaire is a resident of Bulemwa village in Hoima West Division, Hoima city. Kyokuhaire was injured when the operatives opened …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ethanol is an environmentally friendly way of fighting black coffee twig borer, a relatively new pest ravaging coffee plants in Uganda, according to researchers at the National Coffee Research Institute-NACORI. The researchers say that ethanol attracts the black coffee twig borer into the traps and …
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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Michael Obol, the LC3 chairperson Burlobo parish, Angagura sub-county, Pader district has been arrested for diverting two animals meant for children suffering from nodding syndrome. The two animals are part of the 208 oxen distributed to 104 families affected by nodding syndrome in Pader district. …
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Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six-year-old Sharon Nabwire, on Tuesday died after eating meat suspected to be laced with poison. Nabwire and her five other family members, all residents of Bukamba village, Idudi town council ate supper together on Monday but failed to move out of their house in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority-URA started the calendar year 2023 with explanations regarding the new plan for the taxation of the incomes of artistes in the entertainment industry. This is one of the revenue measures being put in place for the financial year 2023/2024 which begins in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has set Thursday, February 23, 2023, as the polling date for the by-election of Member of Parliament of Serere County, in Serere district. The seat fell vacant after the tragic death of Bishop Patrick Okabe, who died alongside his wife Christine Okabe …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of secondary school teachers in Gulu district have raised concerns over the inconsistent payment of their salaries this financial year 2022/23. The teachers say since August last year, they have been missing their salaries without getting clear information despite being on the government …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been chosen to host the next sitting of the Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers slated for January 2024. This was announced by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, who is currently attending the four-day Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers’ Conference in the …
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