Friday , November 8 2024

The Independent

Uganda drills 72 wells ahead of oil production

However, progress on the $4.5 billion refinery remains limited Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s oil sector is advancing significantly with 72 out of 457 wells drilled at the Tilenga and Kingfisher oil projects as TotalEnergies and CNOOC Uganda Limited push towards commercial production slated for 2025. Energy and Mineral …

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Parliamentary democracy could be a blessing

A major advantage is the relevance it gives small parties as long as they can send a member to parliament COMMENT | MAGEZI KIRIINJJU | The minister of internal affairs, Maj General Kahinda Otafiire was recently quoted in the media addressing another person at a gathering saying; “we fought for democracy, …

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UPC: Regional sittings are a waste of resources

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party President, Jimmy James Akena has said that the planned regional parliamentary sittings have very little positive impact on the local communities in Uganda. Akena who was in Kaberamaido district for the burial of Emmanuel Andrew Eyadu, one of the …

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Gulu city all set to host MPs for regional sitting

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City is bustling with activity as Members of Parliament (MPs) and other stakeholders decent upon it for the inaugural regional parliament sitting to be held from 28 to 30 August, 2024. This historic event has sparked a wave of activity, from cleaning up the …

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Police block EACOP protest in Hoima

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Project-affected Persons (PAPs) under the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) in Hoima were blocked by the Police from holding a peaceful demonstration throughout the city. Numbering about three hundred, the protestors planned to storm the offices of the Petroleum Authority in Hoima to …

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KITEEZI: NUP says government’s negligence caused tragedy

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform President, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi-Wine says the recent garbage disaster at Kiteezi was a result of negligence on the part of KCCA and the Museveni government. Kyagulanyi says with all the warnings, the disaster that claimed the lives of Ugandans …

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Court remands Tabula to Luzira prison

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mwanga 2 Magistrates Court has remanded Tabula Lujja, the prime suspect in the murder of Ndiga Clan head Daniel Bbosa Kakeedo, to Luzira Prison. Bbosa was gunned down near his home in Lungujja, a Kampala suburb, on February 24, 2024, by assailants on a …

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