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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) has embarked on a campaign of reaching out to children with messages on cancer prevention and timely treatment. Moses Echwodu, the team leader at Uganda Child Cancer Foundation says that they have so far reached out to 155 secondary schools …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal in Kampala has quashed the 15 years jail term handed to the former Principal Accountant at the Office of Prime Minister, Geoffrey Kazinda for illicit enrichment. Instead, the court comprised of Justices Fredrick Egonda Ntende, Christopher Madrama and Catherine Bamugemereire has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition Members of Parliament have endorsed Bugiri Municipality MP Asuman Basalirwa, and Kioga County MP Moses Okot Bitek, for the position of Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively. This was during their caucus meeting on Thursday chaired by the Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two local council leaders in Teso region are among the new Resident District Commissioners-RDCs appointed by President Museveni. In Katakwi, the LCIII chairperson of Palam sub county, Emmy Ojirot, and the district male councilor representing Ngariam sub county, Francis Okwameri, were appointed as Deputy RDCs …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima city authorities want the operations of the metal scrap business suspended following the massive theft of solar batteries and solar panels. According to the city authorities, several solar panels, batteries on major streets within the city center have been stolen by scrap dealers. The …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The sub-county and town council chairpersons from districts making Ankole region have formed an association through which they have petitioned the President over their low monthly remunerations. The association they named Ankole Lower Local Councils Association met for the first time in a meeting held …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Urban Council speakers want the government to construct a monument in remembrance of the fallen Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. The Speakers under their umbrella body Uganda Urban Council Speakers Association (UUCSA), where Oulanyah was a patron, say Oulanyah was a principled man who served …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF and Congolese army have agreed to jointly offer protection to the road construction project in Eastern DRC. On Wednesday, the joint forces received the contractor, DOTT Services Limited. Last year, President Museveni and his DRC counterpart Felix Tshisekedi, commissioned the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new World Health Organization (WHO) report on understanding mistreatment of women during childbirth shows mothers that show up to deliver with labor companions are less likely to suffer health facility-based mistreatment. The report which combines five studies was published on Wednesday in the BMJ …

Pallisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire whose cause has not yet been established broke out in a girls dormitory at Pallisa Girls Primary School. Located in Kaucho ward of Pallisa town council in Pallisa district, it is the second time the school is going into flames in as many years. …