Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The political leadership of Mpigi district is protesting the 60 percent fuel cut, saying it limits their field activities to monitor service delivery to residents. The LC V chairperson Martine Ssejjemba, says that the fuel cut is meant to disincentive his office and other political …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 3,000 acres for sugarcane out-growers in Atiak sub county in Amuru district worth billions of shillings were lost in a devastating fire that ravaged the Atiak sugarcane plantation over the weekend. More square miles which are yet to be measured were lost in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) has tasked officials from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to explain why streetlights in many urban centres and cities are non-functional. The committee chaired by Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, Bardege-Layibi Division MP was on Wednesday, …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An angry mob in Jinja district has lynched a witch doctor while exhuming a grave. Hassan Bakaki, 55, met his death on Wednesday while exhuming the grave of the late Domu Tidamulala, whose remains were buried in Kasozi village in Busedde sub-county in 2004. According to …
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Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voting in at least three polling stations has this morning been halted after residents protested the exercise over ballot stuffing. The exercise is halted at polling stations of Kyato-Mwoloola and Nakyesanja in Kayonza sub county, and also Seeta-Nyiize in Kangulumira sub county. At Nakyesanja and Kyato, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The strike by medical interns continues to attract debate in Parliament and this time round, Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, has granted Timothy Batuwa, Jinja South Division West MP permission to present a motion to discuss the matter. Medical interns in government hospitals and health centers countrywide took …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has said that they will pay all their casual workers who have gone without pay since mid-September 2021. Over 2,500 casual workers comprised of street cleaners, drainage desilters, and garbage loaders have not been paid despite continuous demand and petition to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has ordered security personnel to produce four people who have been in detention for more than a month. The four Jamil Lukonge, Amir Segawa, Farouk Lubba, and Bashir Luyombya who were arrested by security personnel on October 26, and detained in an …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Children Authority-NCA, a statutory body responsible for monitoring the welfare and ensuring the protection of children, has challenged the punishment given to the Malongo sub county chairperson who was convicted for conniving in the marriage of an underage girl. Last week, the Masaka Chief …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans in the agriculture sector have so far received a total of 620 billion Shillings under the Agricultural Credit Facility, a fund managed by the Bank of Uganda, according to a report for the period June 2020/2021. This was an increase by half in the amount …
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