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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Local Government has directed the Mbarara City Clerk Asse Babireeba to interdict two officials, citing dubious allocations of Central Market Lockups. The officials who the minister wants interdicted are; James Agaba, the Principal City Commercial Officer, his assistant Donati Mutahi. The …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven suspects are being held in custody at Kwania Central Police station to help investigations into the gruesome murder of a 40-year old woman. The body of Hellen Akot,  a resident of Abei Landing site in Atule parish, Chawente sub-county, Kwania district was found …

Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local investors in West Nile are demanding that the government improves the poor state of roads if the sub region is to become a key investment hub. The Investors made the appeal in Nebbi district, during the first West Nile investment summit organized by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maternal diet influences the health of both the child and mother. Pregnancy is one of the most crucial and sensitive periods in a woman’s life and also very exciting because it is the time the entire family awaits the birth of a new born baby, …

Dar es Salaam | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday joined fellow citizens in commemorating 100 years of the birth of founding leader Julius Nyerere. Speaking in a debate to mark the occasion, President Hassan urged Tanzanians to continue honoring what Nyerere stood for during his lifetime. …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has vowed to again defeat the resurgence of insecurity in the Karamoja sub region and other areas. Speaking at the pass out of the 4th intake of 6,237 Local Defence Personnel who underwent a six months basic military training at …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five traders of Patongo Town Council in Agago district have been hospitalized after they were electrocuted on Saturday. The Chairperson of Patongo Business Community George Oloya Gwogwok told Uganda Radio Network – URN that the incident occurred while the traders were traveling from Patongo …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of residents in the sub counties of Kabira, Kyebe, and Kakuuto in Kyotera district are crossing the border into neighboring Tanzania as government evicts them from the former Sango Bay sugar estates. These are part of over 10,000 people whom the government ordered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has clarified that city lawyer Julius Galisonga was erroneously summoned to take plea on an offensive communication case against satirical Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. According to the correspondences seen by Uganda Radio Network, the Court erroneously summoned Galisonga to …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguya Museveni has said that to realize meaning full integration of East Africa Community, there is need to prioritize prosperity, markets and security. “If you want prosperity in Africa, the way forward is markets! To be able to negotiate for bigger markets …