Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 50 homesteads have been submerged by water in Kanyangeya main cell, Nyamwamba Division, Kasese District. The area is adjacent to River Nyamwaba. The River flooded in May leaving a trail of destruction across the district and displacing some of its waters into low …
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Kapelebyong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cattle traders in Kapelebyong are decrying losses resulting from the operations by the Uganda Peoples Defense Force- UPDF in Karamoja region. The traders say that they have lost more than 200 million Shillings over the last three months as the army intensified its operations in …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the multi-billion Kitgum Main Market may take longer than its contractual duration due to effects of the COVID-19 lockdown, according to Municipal officials. The market, valued at 23 billion Shillings is constructed with funding from the African Development Bank-AfDB. But the task which …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Islamic University in Uganda-IUIU has announced salary cuts for all its staff members following a review of the terms of employment amidst the COVID-19 lockdown. The University Secretary Hussein Lukyamuzi says that the institution is unable to pay salaries to the staff members as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two hawkers have been arrested on allegations of stabbing two Kampala Capital City Authority law enforcement officers. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango identified the arrested hawkers as Juma Akankwasa and Charles Nsereko. He said the two hawkers waylaid John Lubega Mutebi and Isaac Egesa …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned officials from the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) over their failure to pay a 2.87 billion Shillings debt to a German firm, Muhlbauer High Tech International. The firm was contracted by the government to update the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) has been given one-week to present before parliament a list of its staff that declined to sign performance agreements and plans for questioning. The Immigration officials led by the Director Maj. Gen. Kasiita-Gowa were on Friday appearing …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua on Thursday destroyed 189 kilograms of marijuana . The marijuana had been impounded at bus terminals and along Arua-Kampala road awaiting transportation over a period of time. The marijuana was burnt with petrol by the police at the Arua police grounds …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Masaka on Friday blocked members of the People Power pressure group from addressing a press conference. A team of anti-riot police personnel led by the greater Masaka regional commander Abas Alubeya stormed Hotel Rama located on Masaka-Mbarara bypass before the members could …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ruwenzori Diocese is to incorporate the Runyoro-Rutooro zoom service in the Sunday services. Addressing the press on Friday, the Bishop Ruwenzori Diocese, Reuben Kisembo, said that the idea of the Zoom service originated from the Kampala Chaplaincy of Ruwenzori Diocese following COVID-19 outbreak and closure …
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