Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buikwe district authorities have halted the eviction of over 400 people from Namabere landing site in Nyenga Sub County. GM sugar limited has started evicting the affected to create space for the establishment of a port that will support trade and movement of goods at …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Mbarara city have abandoned the temporary market at Independence Park. In 2018, the government contracted Roko Construction Company Limited to construct a 21 billion shillings market in Mbarara. The Construction that started in February 2018 was expected to be completed in two years …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide or 1 in 4 people will be living with some degree of hearing loss in the next 30 years, warns the World Health Organization -WHO’s first World Report on Hearing, released on Tuesday. At least 700 million of these people …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools in Lango sub-region have registered poor turn up of learners as schools reopened for semi candidate classes. Last month President Museveni allowed schools and tertiary institutions to reopen for primary six learners, senior three and senior five students on the 1st of March 2020, after …
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Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 100,000 more trucks with goods crossed into Uganda through the Busia One-Stop Border post last year compared to the previous year, Uganda Revenue Authority-URA has revealed. According to URA, over 416,160 trucks crossed into Uganda through Busia in 2020 compared to 315,360 trucks in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda has officially launched the 6th annual National Schools Championship (NSC) to be held under the theme “Empowering the job creators of tomorrow with the main focus on agriculture, business innovation and IT Skilling”. The National Schools Championship is Stanbic’s flagship education …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soft penalties and political hindrance have been blamed for frustrating operations against illegal fishing on Kasese landing sites.This continues even after the establishment of a fisheries body to regulate the activities. Lt. Musa Mugogo the head of fisheries unit Kasese sector commander says the existing …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is strict enforcement of the nighttime curfew in Amuru district to get rid of criminal gangs from major trading centers. For a week now, police officers backed by the military start enforcing the curfew as early as 7:00 pm and stop at 06:00 am. …
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Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The reopening of schools for semi candidates on Monday was a big disappointment in the Kalangala archipelago, with some schools registering a mere 10 % of the expected learners turning up. In some Kalangala primary schools URN visited on Monday, the turn up of semi …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum District multi-million veterinary laboratory is lying idle due to a lack of a qualified specialist to operate it. The laboratory was constructed by OXFAM and handed to the district local government in 2008 to enhance animal health and improve livestock production. It is equipped …
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