Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief, Rwot David Onen Acana II is protesting the encroachment on Payira Royal clan land in Pader District. The land in question is found in Lacekocot Trading Centre in the newly created Atanga Town Council in Aruu North County. The land has been segmented …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) is to get a new home come 2025. The School, which currently operates in Mulago, has embarked on the construction of an eight storied facility valued at Shillings 30 billion next to Makerere University Eastern Gate. The School …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alex Ogwang, 24, a student with hearing impairment is now seeing light at the end of the tunnel after attaining sufficient marks to secure him government sponsorship on the affirmative slot for students like him. Ogwang dropped out of Kyambogo University in second year in 2017 …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Kampala based businesswoman, Sumbuwa Shamim Lala, has dragged Amuru Resident District Commissioner– RDC and Amuru District Local Government to Court for impounding his charcoal. Through Alaka & Company Advocates, Sumbuwa is demanding a compensation of 38,270,000 million Shillings in special damages suffered after the …
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Kyamulibwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in Kyamulibwa and Kalungu town councils in Kalungu district are up in arms of the sorry state of the road that runs through their area. They claim that the road is very dusty and filled with potholes, which affects their businesses and traffic flow. …
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Nekemte, Ethiopia | AFP | Desta Garuma, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, never showed much interest in politics, so his family has no idea how soldiers concluded he was involved in a rebel movement active in Ethiopia’s Oromia region. But one day in January, five truckloads of soldiers followed him home, shouting …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga and the Ambassador of Hasmite Kingdom of Jordan Suleiman Arabiat today discussed means of boosting bilateral ties between the two Parliaments. In the discussions held at the Speaker’s office, the two discussed how to further technical and parliamentary cooperation …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has advised Muslim journalists to increase savings and invest wisely so that their Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization-SACCO does not collapse. Kadaga made the statement while launching the Muslim Journalists Taqaddum Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Ltd on Friday. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, says that he isn’t about to relent on his mission to restore discipline at the university. He told URN on Friday that a section of staff and students have been taking his administration lightly but vowed to punish …
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Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russia’s opposition on Saturday holds its first major protest since President Vladimir Putin in January announced plans which critics fear will help him stay in power after his mandate ends in 2024. The rally marks five years since the assassination of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov …
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