Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unresolved disputes have delayed the planned take over of the Namanve thermal power plant by the government, members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)- Central Government have learnt. On April 13th, 2007, the government entered into a Build, Operate and Transfer implementation Agreement with Jacobsen …
Read More »Uganda’s striking doctors petition court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The striking doctors under their umbrella Associations (UMA), Uganda Medical Association and Federation for Uganda Medical Interns (FUMI) have petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to quash the directive from the Ministry of Health directing them to vacate their respective hospitals. The umbrella …
Read More »UNBS impounds fake steel reinforcement and iron bars worth Sh250 million
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has impounded more than 7545 steel reinforcement bars and iron bars from hardware shops around Kampala valued at over Sh250 million. The bars were impounded on Wednesday in an ongoing operation that is expected to last seven days with the …
Read More »EABC seeks dialogue to end Uganda-Kenya trade war
Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Business Council (EABC), the umbrella body for the region’s business community, has called for a peaceful end to the brewing Uganda-Kenya trade war. The EABC has called for a bilateral dialogue aimed at eliminating all outstanding Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs)between the two …
Read More »Mpigi district leaders cry foul over 60 percent fuel cut
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The political leadership of Mpigi district is protesting the 60 percent fuel cut, saying it limits their field activities to monitor service delivery to residents. The LC V chairperson Martine Ssejjemba, says that the fuel cut is meant to disincentive his office and other political …
Read More »Over 3,000 acres of Atiak sugar plantation destroyed in fire outbreak
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 3,000 acres for sugarcane out-growers in Atiak sub county in Amuru district worth billions of shillings were lost in a devastating fire that ravaged the Atiak sugarcane plantation over the weekend. More square miles which are yet to be measured were lost in the …
Read More »Lands ministry on the spot over street lighting
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) has tasked officials from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to explain why streetlights in many urban centres and cities are non-functional. The committee chaired by Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, Bardege-Layibi Division MP was on Wednesday, …
Read More »Witchdoctor in Jinja lynched over exhuming corpse
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An angry mob in Jinja district has lynched a witch doctor while exhuming a grave. Hassan Bakaki, 55, met his death on Wednesday while exhuming the grave of the late Domu Tidamulala, whose remains were buried in Kasozi village in Busedde sub-county in 2004. According to …
Read More »KAYUNGA: Voting halted at three polling stations over ballot stuffing
Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voting in at least three polling stations has this morning been halted after residents protested the exercise over ballot stuffing. The exercise is halted at polling stations of Kyato-Mwoloola and Nakyesanja in Kayonza sub county, and also Seeta-Nyiize in Kangulumira sub county. At Nakyesanja and Kyato, …
Read More »Parliament to debate motion on striking doctors
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The strike by medical interns continues to attract debate in Parliament and this time round, Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, has granted Timothy Batuwa, Jinja South Division West MP permission to present a motion to discuss the matter. Medical interns in government hospitals and health centers countrywide took …
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