Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority will register an extra driver per taxi in the on-going exercise. According to the Works and Transport minister Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, taxi operators are now allowed to register two taxi drivers per taxi. When the exercise started on 30th …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti Regional Referral Hospital has discharged eleven COVID-19 patients. The hospital received the first four cases of COVID-19 on May 25th from Kumi district who were contacts of the Bukedea businessman who tested positive at Elegu border, Amuru district. After a week, seven more …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs Col. Charles Engola has directed the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces – UPDF to step up disarmament efforts in Karamoja. Engola made the directive on Wednesday while meeting UPDF senior commanders at the 3rd Division headquarters in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council has asked the government to pay salaries for private hospital staff who were laid off during the COVID-19 lockdown. The council made the statements while appearing before Parliament’s National Economy Committee to discuss the effects of COVID-19 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political players and commentators have described as impractical, illegal, biased and in bad faith, the pronouncement by the Electoral Commission to ban open-air campaigns in the run-up to the 2021 general elections. Electoral Commission chairman Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama announced on Tuesday that in …
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Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services – NAADS has earmarked UGX 19 billion to construct a fruit processing factory in Nwoya district. The project whose main objective is to add value to the abundant fruits in the district and the entire region is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has asked the Auditor General to present a forensic audit report on the financial accounts of Gulu University in the next four weeks. The request was made during a meeting with Gulu University officials led by the acting secretary Asaf …
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Ajumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local authorities in Arinyapi sub-county, Adjumani district have intercepted 200 South Sudanese refugees who illegally entered into Uganda between March and June this year. The refugees were crossing through the porous areas of Unyama from South Sudan’s Nimule town. Richard Amoko, the Arinyapi local …
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Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 homesteads in Butiaba sub-county, Buliisa district have been submerged by water from the rising levels of Lake Albert. The most affected people are from the landing sites of Kawaibanda, Butiaba, Boma, Kigangaizi, Tugombili, Walukuba, Bugoigo, Kamagongoro, Kigungu, Serule, Piida, Waisoki, Triangle …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority has asked Lira Municipal Council to halt the relocation of market vendors to the aerodrome land next to Lira airfield. Last week, the municipal council passed a resolution to relocate some traders from produce lane in Lira town to …
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