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Traders loses millions as fire guts Elegu Market

Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has razed down Elegu Market in Amuru District, at the Uganda-South Sudan border. Preliminary reports indicate the fire started at about 1 am on Monday before spreading across the entire market structures made of bamboo poles, timber, and iron sheets. Noah Katende, a …

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AfCFTA: EAC agree on ‘Tariff-free Imports’

Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community member-countries have agreed on the list of goods on which the countries will remove tariffs when trading with the rest of the continent, under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in 10 years. The countries adopted the EAC Tariff …

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Kasirye wins Uganda silver medal in Africa badminton final

🥇🇳🇬Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori 🥈🇺🇬Brian Kasirye 🥉🇪🇬Adham Hatem Elgamal 🥉🇩🇿Adel Hamek Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Brain Kasirye has settled for silver in the men’s singles of the All Africa Senior Badminton Championships 2022 which ended at the Lugogo Indoor Stadium on Sunday. Kasirye who upset the top seed …

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Professor Mamdani, Makerere battle over MISR accountability

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Mahmood Mamdani, the Director of the Makerere Institute for Social Research- MISR is on the spot over accountability issues barely a fortnight to the end of his tenure. According to correspondences seen by URN, Prof Mamdani is faulted for failure to provide accountability …

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President Museveni hands public land in Kassanda to residents

Kassanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Museveni has allocated public land to more than 20,000 people in Kitumbi Sub County, Kassanda District. The land measuring 1,214 hectares covering Lubaali Local Council 1, Wandagi, Muyenga, Kalyabulo, Kazinga, and Kyengera villages was in 1977 leased to two people Fred Drake Ndiwalana …

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