Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Busia district are demanding for the closure of Wagagai gold mining company after nearly a third of the workers checked tested positive for covid-19. The said gold mining company has over 400 workers and occupies more than 2,000 acre of land in the …
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Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tegla Chepolukuma was 13-years- old when her friends advised her to go for Female Genital cutting alias Female Genital Mutilation. She recalls how her peers kept counting the days to the D– day. “When that day reached I remember it was on Wednesday, my grandmother arrived …
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Bwerenga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Half of the votes cast at Bwerenga (N-Z) Radio polling station in Kisubi Parish, Busiro South County in Wakiso District in the 2016 presidential elections were invalid. According to the EC register, there were 734 registered voters at Bwerenga (N-Z) Radio polling station. In the …
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Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 36 essential public servants in Mpigi district have tested positive for COVID-19 in a space of two weeks. The Mpigi Chief Administrative Officer, Moses Kanyarutokye disclosed this in a December 21st, 2020 memo to heads of department, administrative secretaries and security officers. “Mpigi …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Solomon Herbert Kaddu, who was locked up for attacking, Bishop Kityo Luwalira during the 2018 Easter prayers at Namirembe cathedral has petitioned high court challenging the continued detention of people with mental disabilities in various prisons across the country. Kaddu was arrested after he stormed the …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of road maintenance equipment is to blame for the poor transport network in Kitgum Municipality, the Mayor Walter Livingston Tooroma has revealed. According to Tooroma, they are unable to carry out periodic road maintenance and planned opening of roads in the peri-urban areas …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An investment of 410 million shillings in a gate has boosted Kyambogo University’s physical image from the shabby one that the public had come to associate with. The Kyambogo main gate also known as west end gate is one of the many development infrastructures that …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations- CSOs operating in Teso Sub Region have raised a red flag on the increasing intolerance of dissenting views among politicians in the region. Speaking at a media briefing afternoon in Soroti City on Monday afternoon, the CSOs revealed that at least two …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum District National Unity Platform (NUP) party registrar has defected to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM). Emmanuel Onencan announced his defection in Gulu City on Monday afternoon shortly after meeting Bosco Odoch Olak, the head of the NRM campaigns in Northern Uganda. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Head coach of Rwanda Premier League side AS Kigali has warned that KCCA FC ahead of their first leg match of the CAF Confederation Cup in Kigali on Wednesday at the Nyamirambo Stadium. Eric Nshimiyimana told Uganda Radio Network (URN) on phone that they are …
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