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Liverpool hit seven to top on Christmas

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A clinical Liverpool guaranteed they will be No 1 at Christmas with a 7-0 victory over Crystal Palace. Takumi Minamino showed good feet before finding the bottom corner after three minutes for his first Premier League goal. Palace responded but could not get the …

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Luweero NGO Forum piles pressure on gov’t to unfreeze NGO accounts

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Luweero Non-government organizations have condemned the government’s action of freezing organizations’ accounts saying the decision was ill-advised. Last week, the Financial Intelligence Authority of Uganda froze the National NGO Forum and UWONET accounts on allegation of funding terrorism activities. The act has not …

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Farmers in Omoro frustrated by price fluctuation of beans, maize

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Omoro and neighbouring Oyam district are counting losses following price fluctuations of beans and maize grains. It follows the bumper harvest of the crops and the rush by farmers to make quick cash ahead of the festive season. Barbara Piloya, a farmer in …

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Amuriat vows to ban sugar importation to save local sugarcane farmers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has promised a ban on the importation of foreign sugar saying it kills the local production of sugar. Amuriat noted while addressing the people of Kasokoso in Lugazi municipality Buikwe district that whenever the government …

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LCI chairperson in Gulu, seven others jailed for arson

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elia Oreste, the local council chairperson for Obiya West village in Bardege division in Gulu city has been sentenced to five years in prison for arson and malicious damage. Oreste was sentenced alongside Lucy Akello, Ruth Adong, Nancy Lanyero Abic, Jackson Orach, Alfred Nyeko, Jackson …

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Workers MP Lyomoki ejected from Parliament chambers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Workers MP Dr. Sam Lyomoki today faced the wrath of Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga who directed the sergeant at arms to eject him from the sitting. The Speaker’s tough decision came after Lyomoki defied the Parliament Rules of Procedure when he took to the …

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Electoral Commission trains officials on handling digital tallying equipment

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Close to 100 Electoral Commission-EC officials have undergone training on the use of electronic vote tallying display equipment ahead of the 2021 general elections. The training targeted Information Communication and Technology officers, returning officers and their assistants. The training follows the purchase of video walls …

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Five men sentenced to five years for stealing cattle in Gulu

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five men have been sentenced to five years imprisonment for stealing cattle in Gulu. The five who were sentenced on Friday morning are Robert Byaruhanga aged 30 and a businessman at Labourline Parish, Laroo-Pece division in Gulu city, Samuel Kasasira aged 42 and a resident …

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Why more Ugandans are contesting for parliamentary seats

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a 47 percent increase in the number of parliamentary candidates from 1,747 in 2016 to 2,659 in the 2021 elections. In the 2011 elections, 1,730 candidates ran for parliamentary seats. In the 2016 elections, a parliamentary seat attracted four candidates on average compared …

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