Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busia district has embarked on mass vaccination of cats and dogs against rabies. Dr. Patrick Barasa, the Busia District Veterinary Officer says that their target is to vaccinate 8,000 cats and dogs. The district registered 10 cases of rabies from Busitema, Dabani, and Buhehe sub-counties …
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Kitagwenda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Kitagwenda district local government officials are facing interdiction for abuse of office. They are Didas Nuwamanya, the town clerk of Kitagwenda town council, and Paul Mutalya, the secretary to the District Service Commission while the District Engineer, Andrew Baguma is awaiting trial. Speaking to …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has collected a total of shillings 13 billion from tolling the Kampala-Entebbe expressway in the last four and a half months, the contractor Egis has revealed. Joy Nabasa, the public relations manager of Egis, which maintains the road and collects the …
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Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an increase in the number of sickle cell cases in Bukedea district, the authorities have revealed. This is part of the findings in the Bukedea district surveillance report for sickle cell from samples collected from Bukedea lifeline secondary school, Bukedea secondary, and Bukedea comprehensive …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Local Government Raphael Magyezi has directed fresh verification of all Mbarara central market vendors. This is the fifth time the vendors are registered and verified. The directive follows investigations after registering multiple complaints from vendors. Magyezi suspended the verification lists done by …
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Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kotido authorities have scaled down the official working hours because of the tense security situation resulting from increased attacks by armed rustlers. The Resident District Commissioner, Ambrose Onoria revealed this to URN on Thursday shortly after holding a District Security Meeting. According to Onoria, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority-URA has unveiled the Air Cargo Control Unit at Entebbe International Airport. Located at the new cargo center, the unit is the central office for officials from URA, Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA, Aviation Police, Aviation Security, and Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA. The team leader …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Soroti has found James Israel Tukei, the former Bishop of Lifeline Ministries, guilty of theft. Justice Dr. Henry Peter Adonyo, the Senior Soroti Resident Judge delivered the verdict in his May 25, 2022 judgment, a copy of which our reporter has …
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Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | COVID-19 deaths in the African region are expected to decline by almost 94 percent in 2022 compared with 2021 which was the pandemic’s most lethal year, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, citing a new WHO analysis. The analysis, which was published this week …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Peter G. Mwesige is stepping down as Executive Director of the African Centre for Media Excellence-ACME. According to a press release issued on Thursday by ACME’s board chair, Susan Nsibirwa, Mwesige will step down on June 30th and will be replaced by Dr. George …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
