Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has approved 1.4 trillion shillings to rehabilitate the 215 kilometres Malaba-Kampala meter-gauge railway line. President Museveni in his address to the nation emphasized the need to rehabilitate the old railway network especially following the numerous cases of COVID-19 among the truck drivers. Museveni …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday tasked officials from Mbale Regional Referral Hospital to explain the delayed completion of the surgical complex. Construction of the complex started in 2016 and was supposed to end in September this year. It however stalled for 2 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Global Consulting Services Limited has sued Civil Aviation Authority-CAA seeking to recover more than 250 million Shillings for services rendered during the authority’s silver jubilee celebrations. The authority which is the regulator of the aviation industry in Uganda was established in 1991 and celebrated …
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#UGBUDGET20 ✳ Sh45.5 trillion ✳ Cuts on travel, conferences ✳ Security Sh4.5 trillion ✳ Works Sh5.8 trillion ✳ Govt to borrow Sh11trillion ✅ 2020 – Sh45 trillion ✅ 2019 – Sh40 trillion ✅ 2018 – Sh32 trillion ✅ 2017 – Sh22 trillion ✅ 2016 – Sh20 trillion Kampala, Uganda | …
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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces bomb squad have detonated eight unexploded bombs in Pader district. They were detonated on Wednesday in Pader town council and Dure village in Acholi bur town council. Dusman Okee, the Pader Resident District Commissioner says that most of the …
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Paris, France | AFP | The world added 12 percent more clean power capacity in 2019 than the year before, but new renewable energy planned over the next decade falls far short of what is needed to forestall dangerous global warming, the UN warned on Wednesday. An additional 184 gigawatts (GW) …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed in principle to meet in two blockbuster fights, according to Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn. Hearn has been negotiating with Fury’s camp for several weeks and he said the terms were in place for the British world heavyweight champions to go head to …
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Madrid, Spain | AFP | The mayor of Madrid has said the city is being considered as a potential host of this year’s Champions League final and has given the idea his “total and absolute support”. The fixture was due to be played at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on May 30 before the …
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Berlin, Germany | AFP | Substitutes will no longer have to wear protective face masks on the sidelines during Bundesliga matches in changes to hygiene measures announced Wednesday. While fixtures in Germany’s top three men’s leagues and the women’s top-flight continue to be played behind closed doors, the rules are to be relaxed across the …
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Washington, United States | AFP | George Floyd’s death and the resulting wave of rage against racism and police brutality may have changed the political calculus for US presidential contender Joe Biden, who faces pressure to pick a black female running mate. Senator Kamala Harris, an early favorite, House Democrat Val …
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