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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tea farmers in Kabarole, Kyenjojo, Bushenyi, Kabale and Buhweju districts have tasked the government to put in place a regulatory framework for the tea industry. The tea growers who had converged in Fort Portal city to discuss the challenges facing the sector asserted …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two private pharmacies that have been operating in Mulago National Referral hospital have been evicted following a directive by Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng to the National Drug Authority (NDA). On Friday, the Health Minister directed NDA to close all private facilities …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One student has been confirmed to have died during a violent strike at Gulu Central High School on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Gabriel Rwotomiya, a senior three-student. Eyewitnesses say he was shot atop a mango tree in the school compound …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has asked the government to draft another special programme to help revamp districts in the Luwero triangle because of their contribution to the liberation war. Greater Luwero districts were the epicentre for the National Resistance Army …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN |  In accordance with the National Social Security Act (2022), the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will commence payments to eligible members for the ‘Mid-term access’ in respect to Section 20A (1), (2), effective March 17th. This was revealed today by Richard Byarugaba, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet is expected to meet this week meet to consider whether to lift a ban on semi-processed minerals. Uganda is among countries like Tanzania, Indonesia that banned the export of raw minerals. There are indications that the ban has taken a toll on mining …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kasana-Luweero Diocese has marked 25 years since it was created out of Kampala Archdiocese. On 30th November, 1996 Pope John Paul II created Kasana –Luwero Diocese out of Kampala Archdiocese, and its first Bishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga was consecrated on 1st March 1997. …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 17-year-old female employee of Kadena, a prominent pub and the lodge in Kalisizo Kalisizo town council, Kyotera district, is admitted in critical condition after she was stabbed several times in a bloody fight. The incident, that happened at Kadena inside the lodge on …

Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kamwenge district are investigating circumstances under which a police officer attached to Kamwenge police station shot and killed three people on Saturday morning. The deceased are Tuhise Richard aged 28, a Mukiga by tribe, resident of Bunoga village, Kinoni parish, Busiraba sub county …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The long-awaited moment for the compensation of people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline has come after the EACOP Company gave a timeline to start and complete the exercise. According to Martin Tiffen, the General Manager EACOP, they expect the compensation process to take …