Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | A recent study shows that by 2019, the United States had engaged in almost 400 wars across the world since its founding in 1776, Iran’s Press TV has reported. Over the past two decades, the U.S. army has dropped a daily average of 46 bombs and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on National Economy proposed in a report to cap the minimum amount for external borrowing to above US$20 million to minimise costs related to contracting loans and maximising the benefits. The report was presented by the committee vice chairperson, Robert Migadde, during a plenary …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Moroto district has raised 15.9 million shillings in the operation against defaulters of the Express Penalty Scheme. On Monday, police embarked on a traffic enforcement operation against the defaulters. EPS tickets were introduced in 2014 under section 165 of the Traffic and Road Safety …
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Rivers drying up and farmlands parched. Water scarcity in Europe is affecting lives and businesses across the continent Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Europe is experiencing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with almost two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, a European Union (EU) …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have asked the government to compile a ‘Domestic Arrears Register’ to improve accountability in debt management. This according to experts would also help the public and suppliers to track the unpaid government financial obligations. In February, the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development reported …
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The energy minister says nobody will be punished until investigations are concluded | THE INDEPENDENT | The abrupt shutdown of the 183MW Isimba hydropower plant on Aug.08 continues to cause anxiety amongst Ugandans, with many urging authorities to penalize those that caused the error. However, speaking as the main guest …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators want head teachers of government-aided schools who increase fees without permission from the Ministry of Education and Sports reprimanded. The MPs on the Committee of Education and Sports made the demand while meeting officials from education ministry, led by the Minister of State for Higher …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six men accused of illegal possession of game meat are in custody at Kasese Central Police Station. The suspects were picked up from different parts of Kasese district on Monday evening on suspicion of poaching in the Queen Elizabeth National Park. Nelson Tumushime, the Rwenzori East …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has called for cooperation with Vietnam to develop the country’s coffee value chain for the benefit of farmers. In a meeting with Vietnam’s Ambassador-Designate to Uganda, H.E. Nguyen Nam Tien, on Monday, 22 August 2022, the Deputy Speaker said mutual cooperation in …
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| THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda is embracing renewable energy with the connection of all its network sites to the hydroelectric grid. The company has partnered with Ubuntu Towers Uganda and American Tower Company (ATC) to connect 250 network sites countrywide to the hydroelectric grid this year in a bid …
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