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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Budget Committee of parliament have queried the government’s proposal to spend Shillings 336.8 billion to purchase radio sets for all homesteads in the country.    The money is part of the bigger supplementary budget request worth Shillings 353.8 billion presented to the Committee by …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ministry of Education says plans are in place to let learners have interfaces with their teachers at school in a phased arrangement after the distribution of the second round of home learning material.    According to the Director Basic and secondary education Ismael Mulindwa the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A man has killed his lover in a domestic brawl in Kireka in Wakiso district. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango has identified the deceased as 25-year-old Sylvia Katushabe, a resident of Kireka B in Kira Municipality Wakiso district.  Preliminary investigations indicate that that deceased was …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for the transfer of top police officers at the Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID for failing to arrest masterminds of the chaos that marred National Resistance Movement -NRM party primaries. Last month, the president directed the Inspector General of Police, Martin …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  In a fresh supplementary budget request to parliament, government is seeking a total provision of Shillings 353.8 billion to purchase radios to all Uganda homesteads to support long distance learning and others. David Bahati, the Minister of State for Planning presented the request to Parliament’s …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The former Bubulo West Legislator, Tonny Kipoi Nsubuga who is locked up in Botswana has asked not to be extradited to Uganda for fear of persecution.   He was picked by Botswana Police Service from Tlokweng on October 15th, 2020 for illegal entry in the country …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet has finally approved a new National Population Policy 2020.  State Minister for Finance, David Bahati confirmed that the cabinet meeting on Monday approved the new policy which is aligned alongside Vision 2040 and Sustainable Development Goals.  Unlike the past policy developed at the time …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Departing from the Ugandan tradition of not talking ill of the dead, several prominent pastors have given negative reactions against Pastor Augustine Yiga and his legacy in the Pentecostal faith. Many have described his pastoral time as full of vengeance while others say he was …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority- UNRA has taken over five acres of Centenary Park for construction of the second phase of Kampala Flyover Project. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network-URN, Allan Ssempebwa Kyobe the Authority Spokesperson said that they have concluded land demarcation and shall soon …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Aids Support Organization Gulu Regional Care Centre-TASO has enrolled back 200 people on treatment who had abandoned it due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Michael Ochwo, the centre manager for TASO Gulu says several persons living with HIV who could not afford transport at …