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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA is encouraging youths to play an active role in the coffee value chain. The authority started by training youth groups on understanding coffee legislation, coffee garden handling, crop management skills and harvest, post-harvest handling and storage, skills of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission is to spend an additional UGX 16 billion to conduct elections in newly created electoral areas. Speaking to reporters at the Electoral Commission headquarters in Kampala on Friday, Justice Simon Byabakama said that the creation of new electoral areas such constituencies, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Lands, Persis Namuganza has said the drive for the age limit removal was not Speaker Rebecca Kadaga’s achievement, but the whole NRM party position. On Tuesday, Kadaga said it was her effort that pushed through the unpopular age limit law. She …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng is irked by the high fees charged by private laboratories to carry out the coronavirus (COVID-19) tests. The Ministry accredited three private laboratories to conduct tests for the virus. But just one of them; Lancet Laboratories …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda registered the highest number of new cases since foreign truck drivers were excluded from the country’s figures, with the Ministry of Health announcing 32 COVID-19 positives from tests done on August 13. The previous highest was 31 cases, last week on August …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Local Government Minister Raphael Magyezi has tasked the electorate in Hoima City not to vote corrupt leaders. He said such leaders are enemies of development and voting for them will most likely stifle the progress in the new city. Magyezi was presiding over the inauguration …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement (NRM) delegates from the districts of Kabale and Rubanda clashed during a meeting convened by Sanjay Tanna, the former MP, who is seeking to represent the Eastern Region on the NRM Central Executive Committee. Tanna who is contesting against the incumbent Captain …

MUSEVENI: The bottom line is that the Church will retain this land and we shall build a new church Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT  | President Yoweri Museveni has today visited the site of the demolished St Peters Church, Ndeeba and resolved to address the matter conclusively with the religious leaders. He early …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police deployed heavily in Jinja, to dispel clashes between Forum for Democratic Change-FDC supporters after failed party primaries. The FDC Supporters converged at Kakindu Stadium on Thursday evening, to elect their official candidate for the southern division mayoral race.  In the race were Jinja Central …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One Magistrate Court in Makindye has issued criminal summons against city businessman Dodoviko Mwanje and the Field Force Unit-FFU Commander for the Kampala Metropolitan Police South Region Martin Adero, over the demolition of St Peter’s Church in Ndeeba. The duo will be jointly …