Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has embarked on undertaking feasibility study on the three proposed industrial parks in the West Nile region. The feasibility study comes nearly two years after three districts in the region offered acres of land for establishment of industrial …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Aruu County member of Parliament Samuel Odonga Otto has voluntarily handed himself to the Police. Otto walked to the Aswa River Region Police Headquarters in Gulu City Monday morning where police received him. This comes five days after the Police launched a manhunt …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are mixed reactions among local leaders in the Karamoja sub-region as the UPDF 3rd division commander prepares to leave his office to undergo a strategic course at the National Defense College Uganda. Brigadier General Joseph Balikudembe, who has been commanding the greater Eastern …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security forces have apprehended several suspected terrorists in Nabweru, North Ward, Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District following a report of a bomb threat in the area. Our reporters arrived at the scene to find numerous security personnel, including members of various forces and the …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has announced that it will require approximately three weeks to repair the damaged section of the Kabale-Kisoro road and make it motorable. The road section collapsed at Bwaara village on Thursday morning, resulting in heavy traffic on both …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The deputy chief of defense forces, Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu has challenged UPDF commanders to operate within the set legal frameworks in international humanitarian law, laws on refugees and other related military laws. Elwelu made the remarks during the commissioning of the Jinja based legal …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Bill, 2023 that will revise the existing tax of 20 per cent under the existing law to 30 per cent for a gaming activity. Clause 48(1) of the Lotteries and Gaming Act, 2016 states that ‘an …
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Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The advisor of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Special Operations Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has donated 274 animals to livestock owners in Agago as compensation for the animals they lost to suspected Karamojong raiders. Muhooozi made the pledge in March during his visit to Coodong Village, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Industrial Court in Kampala has managed to dispose off more than 2, 400 cases since it’s inception amidst glaring challenges such as under staffing and operating from a congested and small environment. The Industrial Court is a court of reference whose primary role is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investigators suggest they are handling a case of a cool-headed, steel nerved professional killer who assassinated the well known vlogger Ibrahim Tusubira alias Isma Olaxes aka Jjaja Ichuli near the victim’s suburban home in Kampala on Saturday night. Police Closed Circuit Television –CCTV teams …
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