Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a looming fall in maize prices amidst an expected good harvest this season due to good rains. But, the market remains subdued according to both farmers and exporters due to increasing preference of raw grain by the regional markets. Uganda’s smallholder farmers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Khat and Marijuana have been listed as the drug of choice for many adolescent boys and young men, according to findings of a study by Makerere University School of Public Health. Khat is a flowering plant which contains a stimulant believed to cause excitement, …
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Bunyangabu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces – UPDF is investigating circumstance under which one of their soldiers shot dead a woman and her child in Bunyangabu district. Paul Lotukei allegedly shot and killed Pamela Nayebare, 26, and her 9-month-old son Owen Kusemererwa on Friday at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One member of the Kyambogo University Staff has tested positive for COVID-19, barely two weeks after the university opened its doors for final year students. According to Reuben Twinomujuni, the University Senior Public Relations Officer, the patient is now receiving treatment at Mulago National …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s newly established cities need to plan and manage settlements to avoid the same pitfalls that befell Kampala, the Capital City. Government in July inaugurated seven new ‘cities’ by elevating former municipalities of Arua, Gulu, Mbale, Jinja, Masaka, Mbarara, and Fort Portal to city …
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Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit Head Lt Col Edith Nakalema has ordered the arrest of five Serere district officials over shoddy works on roads whose money was disbursed in the 2018/2019 Financial Year under the NUSAF-III Project. The group includes the District Planner Nathan …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Controversy has erupted in Arua district over COVID-19 results released by the District Health Officer Paul Bishop Drileba, following tests conducted in anticipation of the presidents visit last week. President Museveni visited Arua as part of a five-day journey in which he unveiled major …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buruuli Chiefdom has relaunched a campaign to hunt for two billion Shillings to construct an official palace for its cultural leader Isabaruuli Constantine Mwogezi Butamanya. Isabaruuli Butamanya has been operating in a single-roomed office located at Kibira village in Nakasongola town council since his …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people drowning due to flooding is projected to increase as Kampala city faces a shocking rise in climate change-related risks. This is according to a report; the water risk scenarios estimate research conducted by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Launched ahead …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 10,000 community members of the Bamba- Babwisi tribe in Bundibugyo district have renewed calls for resettlement in the ancestral land from which they were evicted. The land in question was part of Matongo Forest-present-day Semuliki National Park. The Bamba-Babwisi people occupied about 125 square …
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