Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 730 teenage girls conceived during the lockdown in Kidongole and the newly created Koena sub-county in Bukedea District, URN has learnt. Emmanuel Elimu, the Senior Probation Officer Bukedea District, says the figures were extracted from Police and antenatal visits in various Health facilities …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has withdrawn the Income Tax (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, 2020, which sought to provide for the deduction of an equal amount of money to the donations by tax payers to the COVID19 National Task Force on Covid-19 while filing their tax returns. The move followed …
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Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has obtained a 32 billion shillings loan to construct a seven-kilometre power submarine cable connecting Kalangala district (Ssese islands) to the mainland at Masaka. The sh32 billion loan has been secured from African Development Bank to construct the first power submarine cable and connect …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headteachers of government-aided schools want the government to increase funding through the School Capitation Grant. According to the teachers, although only leaners in candidate classes have resumed studies, the remitted money can’t adequately cover their operations. The School Capitation grant is remitted based on the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament plans to review its organizational structure to cater for the growing number of legislators and workload. According to the bid document seen by URN, the Parliamentary Commission seeks to engage a professionally qualified and experienced consultancy firm to conduct an institutional review with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of University Vice Chancellors has rejected a demand by students for a reduction of tuition fees. On Wednesday, Makerere University Vice-Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe, Kyambogo University’s Prof. Eli Katunguka and Uganda Christian University’s Dr Aaron Mushengyezi met the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga following …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The employees of China State Construction and Engineering Corporation Limited have agreed to resume work following a commitment by their employer to pay their National Social Security Fund-NSSF contributions and wage arrears. The company was contracted by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to construct Nakawa-Ntinda, John …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has flagged off the tarmacking of Masindi-Pader to Acholibur Highway. The upgrade of the 191km road running from Rwenkunyu in Masindi through Apac and Lira to Puranga town in Pader district is expected to begin around November following the launch of …
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Bunyangabu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyangabu police are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a 46-year- old man whose lifelessly body was found lying next to a local alcohol distilling site. The deceased has been identified as Johnson Nyakojo, a resident of Nyarugongo A in Kabonero Sub County in Bunyangabu district. …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has run out of the sample collection swabs for the novel Coronavirus testing. Apparently, the hospital has been sending people in need of COVID19 testing to St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor or International Medical Centre among others since Monday. The nasopharyngeal swab …
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