FORT PORTAL, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential aspirant Joseph Kabuleta has said that forming an alliance and fielding a single candidate against President Yoweri Museveni is the worst strategy for the opposition. While addressing a press conference at Nyaika Hotel in Fort Portal Tourism City on Friday, Kabuleta argued …
Read More »MPs ask Museveni to revise number of people attending prayers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked President Museveni to review attendance numbers for prayers from only 70 people and reconsider it basing on the size of the place of worship. President Yoweri Museveni, while opening up more sectors of the economy emphasized that only 70 people …
Read More »Demarcation of wetlands starts in Bukedi region
Bukedi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Water and Environment has started demarcating wetlands in the Bukedi sub-region. Last year President Museveni commissioned the Limoto Wetland Wise use demonstration site in Puti Puti sub-county Pallisa district and directed farmers and residents who had encroached on the …
Read More »Returning Ugandans without COVID-19 test certificates to be quarantined
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans returning into the country without a valid health certificate showing that they tested negative for COVID-19 will be quarantined at their own cost. They will also be required to pay 240,000 Shillings for a COVID-19 test that will be undertaken by an approved laboratory. …
Read More »Gov’t finalizes process to acquire Ndeeba church land
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is finalizing procedures that will eventually lead to the compulsory acquisition of land that once hosted St Peter’s Church of Uganda, Ndeeba. The Church in question was demolished on August 9 after an ownership dispute spanning more than 40 years. Available documentation indicates …
Read More »Presidential aspirants cry foul as voters overcharge them for signatures
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several Ugandans burning with ambition to unseat President Yoweri Museveni and take his job come next year’s elections are beginning to feel the hurdles they have to jump over even before getting nominated to stand if they are to realize their dream. After getting the …
Read More »Is it still possible for schools to reopen this academic year?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is growing anxiety on the proposed re-opening of educational institutions, which were closed in March, to protect the over 15 million learners in high-risk concentration centres, against the COVID-19 threat. At that time of the closure, the idea was that learners could report back …
Read More »UPDF deploys amid chaos in Kyebando over imported voters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army has deployed in Kyebando Central after chaos erupted at St. Paul Primary School where members of National Resistance in Kyebando Central have turned up in hundreds to cast their vote. The NRM is voting for flag bearers for Local Council 3 Chairman and …
Read More »Uganda, TOTAL agree on pipeline project
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda government and the French oil giant Total E&P have reached a major milestone that paves the way for a Final Investment Decision on the production of Uganda’s oil. This came during a meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO …
Read More »Kabale headteachers, parents question schools reopening
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As schools await the order to reopen for candidate classes later this month, school heads and parents sampled in Kabale district say they just do not have the capacity to put in place the required Standard Operating Procedures to resume operating. More than 15 million …
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