Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister in charge of the Presidency Milly Babalanda has started delivering the government’s pledge to the families of the Mbale flood victims. The government promised to contribute Shillings 5 million for the funeral arrangements of the families of 23 people who lost their lives in …
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Absa Bank Uganda donates UGX. 60,000,000 to Uganda Red Cross to strengthen the disaster response capacities towards families affected by floods in Eastern Uganda Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has today announced a donation worth Sh60 million to the Uganda Red Cross Society to cater for the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The demolition of St. Peter’s Ndeeba church building in Kampala followed the due process of law, the Anti-Corruption Court heard Wednesday from Anita Kusiima, the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA physical planning supervisor. Kusiima had appeared as a state witness to pin businessman Dodovico Mwanje for allegedly …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden signed a new executive order on Wednesday to help ensure access to abortion. Biden, in virtual remarks from the White House, said that the measure responds to “the healthcare crisis that has unfolded” since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade …
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Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Timothy Musasizi Karubanga, an entrepreneur and Chief Executive of Tim Tech Consults, has called on youth in Greater Bushenyi district to embrace community service as a humble beginning to attaining success in business. Musasizi, an angel investor fellow also offered to finance at least five business …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have reconsidered and passed the Mining and Minerals Bill 2022 with amendments primarily to protect artisan miners and to elaborate the licensing requirement for mining. The MPs agreed that mining licenses should not be awarded founded on size of mines or mining sites and ore …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A local food rights organization has filed a constitutional petition challenging the government’s inaction on regulating workplaces and breastfeeding. Their petition highlights gaps in the legal regime affecting the ability of mothers to breastfeed their babies for the recommended six months of exclusive breast milk. David …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala City Executive Committee wants the ongoing boda boda registration and training suspended. Presenting a report before the KCCA Council on Wednesday, Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago described the ongoing exercise as illegal. In April, the Ministry of Works and Transport, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has amended the Kampala Capital City Authority Act 2010 to allow the responsible minister to determine emoluments payable to the authority speaker and deputy speaker as well as their urban division counterparts. In an uncontested amendment, MPs empowered the Kampala Capital Authority Minister to, in …
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United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for taxation on windfall profits of oil and gas companies to ease the impact of the energy crisis on the most vulnerable people. “It is immoral for oil and gas companies to be making record profits from this energy …
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