Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over one hundred pigs in Otuke district have succumbed within three weeks to a suspected African swine fever outbreak. The cases have been reported in Olilim and Ogwete sub-counties. The disease that starts manifesting by general body weakness is accompanied by nasal dryness, bleeding …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KEC International Limited (India) is confident of delivering a multi-billion Arua power substation project by a proposed September 30, 2022 deadline. It came after some residents and local leaders raised concern over the slow progress of works at the project 5.25 acres site in …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines spent sh2.3 billion on the salaries of suspended top managers and extra pay for those appointed to act in their positions, a report by the Auditor General, John Muwanga has revealed. The Works and Transport Minister, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala suspended the …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Phillip Monk, the proprietor and Managing Director of Mbale Schools Brass band has been remanded to Maluku prisons on charges of offensive communication. Monk, a British National who came to Uganda in 2007 and started a music brass band under his charity organization ‘Ugive2Uganda’, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has said that torture is unacceptable and goes against the laws of Uganda. In his first media address after several years, Mbabazi said that as a member of the National Resistance Movement party-NRM, one of the things they fought …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several government schools in the Luwero district are constrained due to overwhelming numbers of learners who returned following the lifting of the COVID 19 lockdown. Learners resumed studies on January 10th, 2022 after 22 months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, several …
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Katuna, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human traffic is yet to pick up at the Uganda-Rwanda border more than two weeks after the Rwandan authorities reopened the borders. The Rwandan authorities reopened the border on January 31st, 2022. President, Paul Kagame closed the borders on February 27, 2019, accusing Uganda …
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London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Tullow Oil says it expects a sh264 billion “earnout” from TotalEnergies after a Final Investment Decision for the Tilenga Project in Uganda and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) The Irish-founded company said in a statement on Wednesday that the FID taken by Total …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government and religious leaders were noticeably silent on commenting directly on present day cases of human rights abuses, as Uganda commemorated one of the biggest critics and victims of torture – Archbishop Janani Luwum. Luwum, the former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have expressed concern over the increase in cases of infanticide and child murders. Statistics at Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) indicate that for the last three years, there has been a gradual increase in incidents of killing infants, toddlers, and children. Although CID …
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