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Qatar Airways flight taking off to Doha was delayed for about 40 minutes because of the fog at Entebbe Airport. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Visibility at Entebbe International Airport has been affected as dense fog persists in some parts of Entebbe and Kampala. From 6:00 am to about 10 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three residents of Nakiwogo village in Entebbe municipality have sued the owner of ‘My People World Mission Outreach Church,’ Grace Kabuye over noise pollution. The trio; Richard Watum Wod-Ongom, Male Mukasa and Stephen Balinandi, all retired civil servants and businessmen allege that they have been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rotary Foundation has injected 314 Million Shillings to promote sanitation and hygiene in Gombe division in Wakiso district. The lack of access to clean water, sanitation facilities and hygiene resource remains one of Gombe division’s biggest health problems. Now the sanitation and hygiene project …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 residents in Mukono district who will be affected by the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway-SGR are uncertain about payments. The Ministry of Works in 2016 surveyed and marked the corridor in Mukono where the project will pass to connect to other …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emirates will increase passenger flights from Dubai to Entebbe to five weekly, starting March.6, providing Ugandans better connectivity to Dubai and travel options across Emirates’ network. The additional flights will be operated by Emirates Boeing 777-300ER. Flight EK729 will depart from Dubai at 10:30 hrs, …

Mayambala advised to file formal application to inherit Kyagulanyi’s petition Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former presidential candidate Willy Mayambala has been advised to seek the services of a lawyer to enable him file a formal application to take over a presidential election petition that has been abandoned by Robert …

Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment-SAGE was rolled out by gov’t to address the problems affecting the elders Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Disability and Elderly Sarah Kanyike has said that they intend to raise the monthly payment for older persons under the Social Assistance Grant for …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kabale have arrested six traders for allegedly selling adulterated fish. The suspects were identified as Angella Kyarimpa, 42, Mary Tumushabe, 29, Dorris Ndyamuhaki, 25, Constance Kukundakwe, 26, Pamella Tumwebaze, 23, and Claire Amutuheire, 20. The suspects are all fish dealers in the police …

Drivers abandoned the park because many passengers had difficulty walking from the city centre to Usafi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tens of taxi drivers have continued to operate outside Usafi taxi park years after it was constructed by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and commissioned for use. KCCA had directed …

Sue buildings as proceeds of corruption and let somebody who thinks otherwise prove it wrong Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Charles Elem-Ogwal is seeking a forceful lifting of the veil to ownership of buildings suspected to be built with proceeds of corruption. Ogwal who …