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EU offers sh5 billion to audit Karuma, Isimba Dam

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An engineering audit into the Isimba and Karuma power dam projects starts next month. The construction and completion of the 6.7 trillion shillings Isimba and Karuma hydro-power dams is expected to lower the cost of electricity in Uganda and also boost industrialization. The Assistant Auditor …

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BAHATI: I have no company trading in South Sudan

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Finance in charge of Planning David Bahati has denied owning a company that benefited from compensation over loss of business in South Sudan. Bahati was on Wednesday appearing before Parliament’s Select Committee that is currently inquiring into a payment of sh40 billion …

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POLICE: Ronald Ssebulime was murdered in cold blood

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police have admitted that Ronald Ssebulime was murdered in cold blood. Ssebulime was on Sunday gunned down by police for allegedly trailing ICT State Minister Ida Erios Nantaba. On Wednesday, Fred Enanga, the Police spokesperson apologized and withdrew the police’s earlier statement which …

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Traders to reap big as Kenya, Uganda sign pacts

Mombasa, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan and Kenyan traders will be the biggest beneficiaries after their two countries yesterday signed a raft of agreements meant to ease trade, cement political ties and improve their social/cultural connections. The colourful signing ceremony, conducted at the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, was witnessed …

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Wealth creation must be driven by the private sector

  Mombasa, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Nations can only get rich if they create conditions conducive enough for the private sector to thrive, President Museveni has said. Speaking at the Kenya-Uganda Business Forum at the Sarova White Sands Hotel in Mombasa on Wednesday, President Museveni noted that for a long …

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Hero French pilot in Entebbe hijack dies aged 95

Nice, France | AFP |  A French pilot hailed for bravery during a hijacking drama targeting Jews on an Air France flight in 1976 has died aged 95, his son told AFP on Wednesday. Michel Bacos was flying from Tel Aviv to Paris when Palestinian and German radicals hijacked the …

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‘Gov’t now has full ownership of Uganda Airlines’

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has regained full ownership of Uganda Airlines Company Limited, Works and Transport Minister, Monica Ntege Azuba assured parliament today. Azuba was responding during the plenary session chaired by Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah following a report by the Budget Committee and a minority report …

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Police arrests officers involved in Ssebulime murder

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda police has arrested the policemen who shot a one  Ronald Ssebulime for allegedly trailing Idah Nantaba, the Information Communication and Technology State Minister on Sunday. “Upon further scrutiny by a joint team of investigators from the Kampala, Metropolitan East Regiona and Homicide from …

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Minister Bahati grilled over Uganda-South Sudan traders compensation

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Select Committee of Parliament has today quizzed the State Minister for Planning, David Bahati over the selective implementation of a parliamentary resolution regarding payment of Ugandan Companies which supplied goods to South Sudan. Bahati’s appearance follows payment of 40 billion Shillings to only …

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NFA halts Eucalyptus, Pine growing is special zones

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Forest Authority-NFA has halted organisations and individuals from growing pine and eucalyptus trees in excluded zones of the central forest reserve under restoration. As one of the measures of restoring the highly depleted forests across the country, NFA accepted individuals to grow …

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