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Adjumani, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Refugee children in Adjumani District have been left out of the home-based learning, according to the Refugee Welfare Council. Rebecca Arual, the Women Affairs Officer in the Refugee Welfare Council in Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement told URN in an interview that none of the refugee children …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Experienced goal keeping coach, Fred Kajoba has been ejected from the Uganda Cranes Camp that is preparing for theAfrican Nations Championship-CHAN for alleged non-compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs. Kajoba was shown the exit on Christmas, according to a statement issued by the Federation of …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Two UPDF officers are nursing injuries at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital after being assaulted in a bar where they had gone to enforce the COVID-19 preventive guidelines. Kigezi Regional Police Spokesperson, Elly Maate identifies the injured soldiers as Stephen Okwi and Alex Arimpa, both attached to …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleta has promised to renegotiate the oil contracts government has made with international oil companies.  Kabuleta believes that there was no transparency in the negotiations of the contracts, which are meant to benefit a few individuals in power. He was speaking …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Inzu Ya Masaba Cultural Institution has rejected an invitation by the Gender, Labour and Social Development Ministry to resolve the dispute arising from the election of two cultural leaders. The cultural institution is currently split into factions with one allied to Jude Mike Mudoma, who was …

Kwania, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | About 15 kilometers from Aduku, along Ikwera to Nambieso Sub County road, lies Ogwang-med-mac farm owned by Patrick Ogwang, a former office attendant, now model farmer. Ogwang, who in the past worked as an office attendant in the office of the LC3 Chairman of Chawente …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 88 herds of cattle and 104 goats have been slaughtered on Christmas day at Lira Main Abattoir in Lira City.  The slaughtering was carried out between 5 to 9am thus causing congestion at the abattoir where many people flocked to purchase a …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Refugees living in West Nile host districts have been warned against meddling in the ongoing political campaigns. The warning comes following reports that some of the refugees in Yumbe, Terego, Madi Okollo districts and those living in the urban centers of Arua city and Koboko …

  Equity Becomes the first bank in Eastern and Central Africa to achieve the trillion-shilling balance sheet milestone after migrating Banque Commercial Du Congo (BCDC) to Equity’s core banking platform Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  Equity Group has crossed the Ksh.1 trillion rubicon (UgSh33 trillion), becoming the first bank in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate, John Katumba says he can only support the call by the Uganda Joint Christian Council-UJCC for the suspension of the January polls for three years if the incumbent, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will not return to the race.     This follows a …