Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has asked judicial officers to participate in health activities for keeping them fit to avoid illnesses that are associated with sitting in offices for many hours such as back pain among others. The Chief Justice made the call on Friday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Ethics Minister Fr. Simon Lokodo has died today in Geneva. “It’s with great shock and pain that we‘ve learnt of the passing of our Honourable Member of the Commission, Fr. Simon Lokodo. He passed on this morning in Geneva Switzerland. May the Almighty Rest …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A less congested and more calm environment returns to Kampala, a few weeks after the city authorities enforced operations to rid the city of street vendors and hawkers. The last such cleanup was conducted by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA under the leadership of Jennifer …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight taxi operators have been arrested during an operation mounted by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, to eject taxis plying Entebbe Road routes from the New Taxi Park. The joint operation carried out together with police and the army early today is in the implementation …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lance corporal, John Nabinoli, the weapons director at the Non commissioned officers academy-NCOA, located in Gaddafi barracks, on Friday confessed to have masterminded five separate shooting incidents within Jinja city, in a spate of two years. Nabinoli alongside private, Patrick Amandwa, the armory guard …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 15 grain stores, and a number of homes were reduced to ashes in a Friday afternoon fire that gutted Kakajo Zone, Kisenyi parish in Central division of Kampala. Police firefighters battled the fire that started a few minutes to 2pm for five hours. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons with visual impairments have asked the Land Reform Commission to braille all laws related to land ownership just as they have done for the Constitution. Braille is a code made up of six raised dot patterns that are read through the movement of fingertips from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MPs have unanimously approved the Budget Framework Paper for the financial year 2022/23 to FY 2026/27, after harmonising positions in the minority and majority reports of the Committee on Budget. Section 9(8) of the Public Finance Management Act requires Parliament to receive and process the Budget …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is planning to start vaccinating children aged 12 to 17 against COVID-19. Although the majority of COVID-19 vaccines were initially approved for use in adults aged 18-years and above, an increasing number of vaccines are now also being authorized for use in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda is planting 72 fruit trees at its tier one branches across the country in honour of the fallen Bank of Uganda Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile who died at 72 years of age. Anne Juuko, the Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Uganda planted …
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