Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Human Rights Commission has ordered government to pay 19 million shillings in compensation to four people tortured by police officers. The victims are Abraham Emuwat, Lucy Apiya, Okwao Justine and Joseph Okanya all residents of Ogosoi village Mukongoro sub county Kumi district. It’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have this morning recovered a gun dropped at a factory robbed by armed thugs at Buloba township in Wakiso district. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, said police acted on a robbery alert at MMACKS Investments and recovered a Semi Automated Rifle …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Late release of funds is affecting the Uganda Multi-Sectorial Food Security and Nutrition project – UMFSNP in Kyenjojo district. In 2016, the district benefited from project whose major objective is to address the problem of malnutrition in school-going children and women of child-bearing age. …
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Artist turns childhood affection into a challenge for me and you | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Farid Mahfudh loves birds. He cares for birds; lovingly cuddling them and nursing them if they accidently wander into his studio. He helps them to freedom in the open skies. Born in Masaka town, Farid …
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It’s fueled by HIV prevalence and multidrug resistance (MDR) | THE INDEPENDENT | It looks like it’s time to pay the piper. The first extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strain of Salmonella typhimurium, called ST313 sublineage II.1, has cropped up in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This fails to respond to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Water and Sewerage Cooperation-NSWC through SOGEA SATOM Civil Engineering Limited has embarked on cutting trees along the Kampala-Jinja Highway in Mukono town to pave way for laying water pipes to Katosi water works. The project estimated to cost Shillings 350 billion is funded …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Finance State Minister in Charge of General Duties, Gabriel Ajedra, wants the supervision of the National Social Security Fund-NSSF placed entirely under the Finance Minister. He was presenting the Ministry’s position to the joint Gender and Finance Committee of parliament on the NSSF …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa Information and Communications Technology consortia groups, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology and the Uganda Communication Commission – UCC are lobbying all ICT departments across the African continent to come up with a joint position on global technology. The position agreed upon …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A muti-million Nodding disease care centre built in 2012 in Omoro district is deserted. The center that was built for treating and rehabilitating nodding disease victims has been left in the care of two guards, who have gone several months without pay. Found in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Fort Portal are protesting the poor state of roads in the area. The roads have developed deep galleys, large potholes filled with stagnant water, are slippery and others have broken culverts. The most affected roads include Maguru – Itara road that measures …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
