Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal city authorities have asked the Director of Public Prosecution-DPP to prosecute a private developer for erecting an illegal structure along the banks of River Mpanga. Philemon Asiimwe is accused of grading and dumping soil in the river. The developer plans to construct …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union and the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) have revived the Sustainable Business for Uganda (SB4U), a trade improvement initiative that was disrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak, one year after its launch. The platform launched in 2019 is aimed at enabling Uganda’s export …
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Burden of oral disease is high and still increasing even among children estimated at about 90 percent Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Oral health practitioners have urged the government to recognize and give attention to oral diseases just like other Non-Communicable Diseases such as cancer and heart disease. The practitioners …
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Rwampara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Meteorological Authority has set up a 12 billion Shillings weather radar station for the western region. A weather radar is an observational instrument used in meteorology to identify and picture various types of precipitation such as rain, snow or hail, measure their …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | E-commerce firm, Jumia has officially launched the 9th edition of its annual tech-sale. Executives said yesterday (March 21) in Kampala that the sale activity will run from March 21 to April 3rd themed “Upgrade your tech today”. This year’s Jumia tech-sale will offer shoppers across …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It was all fun at the first ever big Holi Festival, an Indian Community get together event held at the Arya Samaj Grounds Kololo, Kampala, after two years of COVID-19 induced lockdown. Uganda’s paint company, Kansai Plascon, partnered with the Indian Community to celebrate the …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 20 students of Olila High School in Soroti city have been arrested for alleged involvement in a strike. The students went rowdy on Sunday evening after an S.4 student was assaulted by a teacher for allegedly escaping from school. One of the security guards …
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Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bovine Babesiosis disease has killed dozens of cattle in Lakwaya sub county, Omoro district. Denis Wokorach, the Secretary of Production and Marketing in Lakwaya sub county says that the disease was last week confirmed by the district veterinary department and has so far killed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service-UPS has warned the public against fraudster schemes that their farms are selling commercial maize. UPS spokesperson, Commissioner of Prisons Frank Baine, said several people have been calling the headquarters claiming they have paid for commercial maize from their farms. Baine said …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Just two days shy of his 57th birthday, Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon. Jacob Oulanyah was announced dead by President Yoweri Museveni, sending the country into grief. Oulanyah died at a hospital in Seattle in the United States of America, following an illness that kept him …
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