Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Col. Kiiza Besigye, the Former President of Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has rallied Ugandans to rise up against the current regime that he says has committed a number of atrocities that need to be corrected by a new regime. Besigye says Ugandans must wake …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority has suspended the process of removing marabou stork and egret nestlings from Parliament to allow the eggs to hatch and chicks to fly. On Monday, UWA started relocating the marabou storks and egrets from the precincts of Parliament following concern from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition presidential candidates have discredited a letter written by the Electoral Commission to the police on the disruption of campaign meetings by security forces. The different camps of opposition presidential candidates have expressed a total lack of confidence in the Electoral Commission to direct police …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education experts have asked the government to consider reviewing the salary of teachers and other remunerations to attract teachers back to the profession. Several teachers especially those in private schools resorted to various jobs and tried diverse skills for survival after several months without salaries …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice has dismissed with costs the application in which the government of Rwanda wanted the case challenging border closure halted. The government of Rwanda wanted the case filed by a Ugandan lawyer Steven Kalali, to be heard by a full …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Men have been challenged to take up and intensify the fight against gender inequality as the world observes 16 Days of Activism against gender based violence. This year’s campaign is themed as Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!” Jolly Acen, the head of UN …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has promised to create over 200,000 jobs for the people of Bugisu sub region. Museveni on Thursday evening explained that with his wise leadership, his government has attracted investors who have created over 2 million jobs in the country citing an …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 400 prison officers are undergoing training by the Electoral Commission -EC to pack ballot papers. The officers from the Uganda Prisons are undergoing training in ballot paper safety, packaging as well as distribution to polling centers. The EC says that the prison officers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kagura Tibuhaburwa Museveni has wondered why anybody in Uganda would think of opposing him and his government. Speaking to NRM youths from the Bugisu sub-region in Mbale, Museveni only conceded corruption as the only ground that anybody can challenge him, but even on …
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Copenhagen, Denmark | Xinhua | A significant East-West divide and people over 50 years old are revealed as contributory factors as undiagnosed cases of HIV climb throughout the European Region as a whole, according to a report published on Thursday by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
