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60 arrested in operation over planned riots

Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson says the operations are in response to the call by Bobi Wine urging people to demonstrate peacefully Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 60 people have been arrested in the city centre in an operation against planned riots. An Officer in Charge of …

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Fred Nyanzi petitions High Court to overturn Nsereko’s victory

Fred Nyanzi wants the High Court to stop Nsereko from swearing in and declare him the legitimate winner of the polls Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu, the former National Unity Platform candidate in the Kampala Central Parliamentary race has petitioned High Court seeking to overturn the victory of …

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Pader town council residents demand restoration of boreholes

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Pader town council in Pader district want all the dismantled boreholes restored following water shortage in the area. In 2016, the National Water and Sewage Cooperation (NSWC) Pader branch and district officials from the water department dismantled over 15 boreholes in the town …

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Agriculture ministry cautions NGOs against issuing own weather forecast information

Uncoordinated release of weather forecast information has resulted into losses to farmers Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries-MAAIF has cautioned development partners implementing Agro-pastoralists projects in Karamoja to avoid issuing weather forecast related information to farmers. John Lodungokol, the Assistant Commission in Charge …

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Construction of 191 kilometer Rwekunye-Kitgum road underway

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the Rwekunye-Apac-Lira to Kitgum road has commenced. The 91 kilometres Rwekunye-Apac section was awarded to Sadeem Al Kuwait General Trading & Contracting Company of Kuwait while the Apac–Lira–Puranga road in Kitgum measuring 100.1 kilometres was awarded to Gulsan Insaat Sanayi Turizm Nakliyat …

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Masaka city stops approval of building plans without green spaces

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka city authorities have stopped approving building plans that don’t provide for green spaces. All developers intending to put up structures of any size within Masaka city are required to reserve a sizeable percentage of green space before they present them to the city physical …

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Experts tip farmers ahead of new planting season

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have advised the farmers to prepare for early planting during March and early April when the rainy season sets in. Early planting is said to be important because crops can overcome pests and crop diseases. It is also recommended because it leads to better …

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Construction of Gulu modern bus park hangs in balance

  Transporters are loading passengers and cargo from roadsides in Gulu because of the appalling state of the bus park Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of Gulu modern bus park still hangs in balance after the architectural design was rejected by the Gulu Municipal Development Forum. The project …

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