Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum district security committee has forcefully evicted pastoralists from Orom East sub-county. The operation was in line with the second phase of the eviction code-named Lainisha Kilimo Na Mifungu, which was flagged off by the State Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. David Muhoozi in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Building cohesion and having coherent messages in Parliament is the best way to push the opposition agenda through Parliament, the Leader of the Opposition in the Zambian Parliament Brian Mundubile has told Ugandan legislators. A section of MPs led by the Leader of Opposition, Mathias …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least six directors of Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) are free to wear the force’s newly introduced rank of Assistant Commissioner General of Prisons. For years, Commissioner of Prisons has been the highest rank, after which one would be promoted to serve as Director. But …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An estimated 54,559 persons aged 80 years and above cannot access the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) because they do not have National Identification Cards, according to a survey carried out by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. Data from the gender …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda has explained that the decision to stay away from the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) extension was inevitable for the good of the local industry, a position agreed to by some private sector players. The ICA is an instrument for international cooperation …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A resident of Kekubo village in Kabale municipality has been sentenced to four-month imprisonment for disrupting the burial service of the fallen Bank of Uganda Governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile. Mutebile, 72, was buried on January 30, at his ancestral home in Muruhita-Rwakatojo village in Northern …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will launch the Parish Development Model (PDM) on 26 February 2022 in the eastern district of Kibuku. The launch of Shs 490 billion PDM meant to eradicate poverty through execution of development activities at the parishes, was announced by the Minister of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Mental Referral Hospital in Butabika has tasked the Ministry of Health to reopen regional mental treatment units that were turned into Covid-19 isolation and treatment centres. Prof Kinyanda, the chairman board of trustees, said reopening regional mental care facilities will relieve them from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are concerns that companies engaged in printing in Uganda could cut jobs in case government goes ahead to implement a directive on its printing work. In a letter dated August 2021, Robinah Nabbanja, the prime minister is reminding ministries, departments and agencies to offer …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government collected more than sh17.6 Billion from the mandatory COVID-19 testing for all incoming travelers. The testing was introduced on October 23, 2021, targeting all travelers entering the country. All travelers irrespective of whether they were vaccinated or not, had to undergo testing …
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