Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts and think-tanks have warned the government against introducing policies aimed at mitigating the effects of rising commodity prices, but also blamed it for poor management that has allowed the current situation to escalate. Until now, the government has rejected any suggestions that it introduces …
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Kaabong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kaabong district officials want the government to compensate 55,000 heads of cattle lost to rustling between 2019 and 2022. Jino Meri, the LCV chairperson says that many residents have lost their lives and animals to rustlers, which has affected the community economically and socially. According to …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The embattled Soroti University secretary, Ruth Achimo Etibot has run to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit seeking redress in a matter that has kept her out of office for almost four years. Achimo cites malice and irregularities in the case where she was prosecuted in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries-MAAIF has set July 7th as the harvest date for vanilla in the country. This follows the rampant cases of vanilla theft, which compromises the quality of vanilla beans supplied to the market. Fred Bwino …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ongoing response to control flooding of River Nyamwamba in Kasese district only covers 5% of the total catchment and most of the work is on an emergency basis, David Duli, the Country Director of World Wide Fund for Nature-WWF has revealed. According to Duli, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Beti Kamya came under fire from the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE, on Wednesday when she was tasked to explain how she initiated a supplement budget of Shillings 10.6 billion to offset six …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s economy is projected to grow at six per cent in the next financial year 2022/2023, according to the Minister of State for Finance in charge of General Duties, Henry Musasizi. Musasizi who was on Wednesday, 25 May 2022 appearing before the Committee on National …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The data on road fatalities compiled by traffic police directorate shows the number of Ugandans killed in road crashes doubled those who succumbed to Covid-19 in the last two years. Uganda spent two years under total and partial lockdown in a bid to control the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation party president Maj Gen (Rtd) Mugisha Muntu has challenged President Museveni’s son who is the UPDF Land Forces Commander, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba to retire from the army if he intends to engage in politics. Gen. Muntu says Muhoozi’s recent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC)-Central Government is investigating the excess funds that were released by the Ministry of Finance to regional referral hospitals for gratuity in the last financial year. The matter stems from the June 2021 audit report in which Auditor General John Muwanga …
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