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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Local music artiste Mubarak Mandela commonly known as Free Boy has sued telecom giants MTN and Airtel for copyright infringement. Through Viva Entertainment, the artiste accuses the two telecom giants of using his song “Kwata Essimu” since March 2020 to promote their sales without his …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative-FHRI is investigating the attack on two journalists by the military in Wakiso district on Wednesday. Amon Kayanja of Salt Media and Teddy Nakaliga from Spark TV accuse military personnel of beating them while covering protests by residents of Kayunga …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The poor road network in Kithoulu Sub County, Kasese District has raised concern among farmers and local leaders. The mountainous area is largely known for producing coffee, passion fruits and timber.   The most affected route connects Kitholu to Kiraro parish with the latter hosting a …

Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Lady Doves Women Football Club has managed to book itself a comfortable seat in the finals of the FUFA Women Super league-FWSL despite the absence of their creative striker, Fazira Ikwaput. They overcame Kawempe Muslim Ladies WFC in the semi-finals at the Njeru based FUFA …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Cocoa farmers and experts in Kasese District are demanding the establishment of an independent authority to oversee crop production. They reason that the absence of such a body has affected their production and quality of Cocoa, which has affected the visibility of Uganda’s Cocoa on …

Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Leaders in Arua have decried the poor service delivery at the zonal lands office. In 2018 the Ministry of Sembabule district local government has received Shilling 540million to cater for the repair of community access roads in the district. The money is part of a special grant …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Leaders in Arua have decried the poor service delivery at the zonal lands office. In 2018 the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development opened a regional lands office in Arua to bring land-related services closer to the population. However, three years down the road, the …

  Mwanza, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | President Samia Suluhu Hassan has taken a decision to cut taxes on workers pay despite Tanzania’s economic growth slowing from 6.9% to 4.7%. Government will promote at least 85,000 workers, but she however says the economy cannot yet afford a general salary increase. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) has unveiled assessment and training packages for herbalists as part of the efforts to formalize their training and processors of herbal medicines. The National Drug Authority-NDA and Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute (NCRI) developed the training package that falls under …

Lugazi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Lugazi municipality has halted the planned relocation of vendors to the newly built central market following protests by vendors over poor allocation of stalls.  The municipal authorities had planned to relocate the vendors on April 26, 2021. However, the vendors refused to move on grounds …