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Tension rises in Kalangala over looming expiry of ferry subsidy

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is mounting among residents and the business community in Kalangala District as the government subsidy for free public water transport nears expiry. In 2009, the government partnered with Kalangala Infrastructure Services (KIS) Limited to operate ferry services between Bugoma landing site on Buggala Island …

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Ban on cattle grazing in Kalangala stirs controversy

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The latest restrictions on grazing livestock in oil palm plantations have stirred a sharp controversy in Kalangala district between the security committee and pastoralists. They are accusing the district security committee of frustrating their alternative sources of livelihood by enforcing a total ban on …

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Kalangala on heightened security alert over terror threats

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security deployment at boarding stations of public transport water vessels that operate between Masaka district and Kalangala Islands on Lake Victoria over terror threats. At least a dozen armed security officers that comprise the police and Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF soldiers are deployed …

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Unvaccinated MV Kalangala staff will risk their jobs

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Entebbe Deputy Resident District Commissioner Njuki Mbabali has advised all staff and operators of public transport services including those of MV Kalangala to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Njuki says service providers such as taxi drivers, conductors, boda boda motorcyclists and crews for …

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Kyagulanyi’s mechanic narrates torture ordeal in UPDF barracks

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On December 30th, 2020, Bony Obicho, 25, a mechanic who was working on National Unity Platform-NUP’s Robert Kyagulanyi damaged campaign cars was among the more than 100 campaigners who landed at Kalangala island where the pop-star-turned-politician had gone to campaign. A father of two children, …

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