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KASSANDA: 2,500 cases of pregnancies after defilement in 10 months

Kassanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kassanda district have decried the increasing cases of defilement and teenage pregnancies following the COVID-19 induced closure of educational institutions. According to Kassanda District Probation Office, the district was tenth with a high defilement cases during the 2020 lockdown. The district registered …

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KASAIJA: Inexperienced board has let down Uganda Airlines

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines is facing corporate governance problems because the inaugural board of directors and managers lack experience, the Finance, Planning, and Economic Development Minister, Matia Kasaija has revealed. The government revived the national carrier in 2019 lower transport costs, boost tourism and business opportunities …

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New trains will start to work next week

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Railways Corporation URC- says that the new locomotives will be able to start operations next week following the successful re-construction of a triangular section. Stanley Sendegeya, the Managing Director of URC, says that all is well and the locomotives are good to go …

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Putin blames West for migrant crisis on Belarus-EU border

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | It is the Western countries themselves who caused current migrant crisis on the borders between Belarus and the European Union (EU), Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. The Western countries fought many years in Iraq and Afghanistan, and economically, high social benefits are attracting migrants …

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OTAFIIRE: No new Deputy IGP yet

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal Affairs Minister General Kahinda Otafiire has dismissed claims that Major Gen Jack Bakasumba has been appointed deputy Inspector General of Police. He explains that Bakasumba who currently serves as the Joint Chief of Staff in the Uganda Police Force only assumed the roles …

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COP26 ends, agrees to accelerate action on climate this decade

COP26 ends with global agreement to accelerate action on climate this decade Two weeks of intense negotiations finally complete the Paris Rulebook For the first time COP agrees position on phasing down unabated coal power The Glasgow Climate Pact caps two years of diplomacy and ambition raising Glasgow, Scotland | …

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Former BOU chief Elangot failed to access his pension

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of mourners who trekked to Serere district to pay their last respect to the fallen former Deputy Governor of Bank of Uganda, John Robert Elangot were shocked to learn that the 87- year- old man died before receiving his pension. Elangot died on …

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Jinja Shooting: Police recovers stolen vehicle

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira region police have recovered a Toyota Wish vehicle that was stolen from two gunshot victims on Friday evening. Unknown assailants driving in a numberless commuter taxi gunned down Juliet Mirembe and Sadam Waiswa and made off with their vehicle Toyota Wish registration number; …

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SUDAN: 5 killed during mass demonstrations

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | At least five protesters were killed on Saturday during mass demonstrations in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and other cities, the health ministry in the dissolved Sudanese government announced. The capital Khartoum and other cities on Saturday witnessed huge demonstrations in protests against measures recently …

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