Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Lands Housing and Urban Development has suspended the entire Lira district land board with immediate effect. In her letter dated 4th February 2022 addressed to the Chief Administrative Officer and the LCV chairperson, the Minister Judith Nabakooba says she has received …
Read More »Give UNOC Sh914 billion, Auditor General
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Auditor General John Muwanga has urged adequate capitalization of the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) and its subsidiary companies to enable government commercial participation in the strategic oil and gas sector. According to Muwanga’s new audit report for financial year 2020/2021, a total …
Read More »Speaker Oulanyah in Seattle for treatment
First time a Uganda Airlines plane flies to the United States Seattle, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has been quietly flown to Seattle, United States of America for specialized treatment, URN has established. Oulanyah was flown out in the wee hours of Thursday, February …
Read More »Penile cancer rare, but on the rise in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors at the Uganda Cancer Institute are seeing more male patients suffering from cancer of the penis than before. Cancer of the penis or penile cancer occurs when the cells on a man’s penis grow out of control. It often starts in the …
Read More »NUP’s Mugenyi new Mbarara University guild president
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A medical laboratory science student, Justus Mugenyi Kizito, 24 has been declared the winner of the guild presidential election for Mbarara University of Science and Technology. He becomes the 33rd Guild President and he will replace Mariam Iculet Arikosi who was the second female …
Read More »Iteso cultural leader is dead
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Iteso Paramount Chief is dead. Emorimor Augustine Osuban Lemukol breathed his last on Saturday evening at Mulago National Referral Hospital where he had been hospitalized for close to two weeks. Emorimor Lemukol, 88, was admitted to the COVID-19 Unit in Soroti early in …
Read More »One dead after UPDF intercepts Karimojong warriors in Napak
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected jie cattle rustler from Kotido district was on Friday night shot dead by a joint force of UPDF and the Antistock theft unit personnel during a one and half hour fire exchange that spilled over the Karamoja -Teso border. The fire exchange …
Read More »Ugandans struggle to access COVID-19 vaccination certificates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health’s failure to address the challenges faced in capturing data of all vaccinated persons who took COVID-19 jabs on its portal has left many Ugandans stranded. On 31 March 2021, Christine Obonyo received her first Covid-19 jab from Victoria Hospital and three months …
Read More »Uganda’s PMI rises to 54.9 in January: report
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 54.9 in January, up from 51.5 in December, according to a report issued on Friday. The threshold of 50 is a baseline to indicate an increase or a decline in business conditions. The monthly report issued by Stanbic Bank …
Read More »AU Summit seeks African solutions for never ending African problems
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Union (AU) is holding its 35th ordinary summit in Addis Ababa this weekend, amid renewed challenges to the political and economic stability of the continent. Ugandan vice President Jesica Alupo will represent President Yoweri Museveni. The 35th Ordinary Session of the …
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