Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of pensioners and relatives of deceased ex-servicemen on Tuesday turned up at Kololo Airstrip for the army veteran verification exercise. The Ministry of Defense last carried out a physical validation of the pensioners in 2016. The nationwide exercise that commenced on 17 January and ends …
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Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | Robert Lewandowski has no regrets not having received a vote from Lionel Messi for this FIFA’s Best male player awards of 2021. While Portuguese superstar Ronaldo placed the later winner in his voting on position one, the Argentine striker left out the Bayern forward in his …
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Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for an end to violence in Sudan to allow mediation efforts. “First and foremost, we want to see an end to the violence. We condemn very clearly the use of live ammunition and lethal force against demonstrators yesterday,” said …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee on Tuesday questioned the discrepancies in figures under the National Budget Framework Paper presented by the Ministry of Finance. Officials from the Ministry of Finance led by the Minister of State for Planning, Amos Lugoloobi appeared before the committee to formally present and …
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New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as investors grew concerned over rising geopolitical tensions. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for February delivery added 1.61 U.S. dollars, or 1.9 percent, to settle at 85.43 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for March …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents at Mpunge sub-county in Mukono district are protesting the planned allocation of one square mile of land to American artist Aliaune Damala Badara, also known as Akon to establish his second futuristic city in Uganda. Akon, together with his wife Rozina Negusei, visited Uganda last …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have quizzed officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development over the skyrocketing fuel prices in the country. The MPs on the Committee of Finance believe that the ongoing fuel crisis would have been averted if the county’s oil reserves were …
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Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Property worth millions of shillings has been destroyed after a fire gutted a furniture workshop at Kibibi village, Mityana municipality. The fire destroyed chairs, beds, machines, and hand tool equipment among others. The fire broke out at Kibibi garage in Mityana district on Tuesday morning. Swaib …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary needs an additional allocation of 202 billion Shillings next financial year to cater for the construction of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal buildings in Mbarara and Gulu, among others. The construction of the Supreme Court building is expected to cost 10.9 billion …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastoralists in Ntoroko have tasked the government to fulfill its pledge to construct for them valley dams to address the water crisis in the district. Ntoroko, a predominantly cattle-keeping district often experiences prolonged drought. The most affected people are cattle keepers whose basic source of livelihood …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
