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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda coach Tolbert Onyango on Friday named a squad for the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Uganda is placed alongside Germany, Kenya and Mexico in Group C for the event running from January 12-14. “We have been preparing well and …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in the West Nile have tasked the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to review its tax enforcement operations to prevent the loss of lives. The call follows the death of Moses Atidra, a resident of Pamachi village, Adraa parish, Offaka sub-county Madi Okollo district …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy, Ruth Nankakbirwa has set a deadline for the phase-out of outdated Yaka payment meters. Uganda like other countries in the region decided to switch its prepaid electric metering system to the latest technology known as Standard Transfer Specification. That standard of …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from Karamoja and Turkana of Kenya are advocating for peaceful coexistence and unity among the Ateker communities. This comes at a time when security forces are implementing President Museveni’s executive order number 3, to flash out all the Turkana pastoralists grazing in the Karamoja …

Kyotera , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Livestock farmers in Kyotera district have expressed concern over the inappropriate disposal of carcasses after cattle succumb to anthrax. For close to two months now, Kyotera district has been battling a rare outbreak of anthrax, which compelled the authorities to declare a total …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Solar-powered streetlights have been installed in Arua City.The installation is under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development-USMID project. They have been installed on three major streets namely Go Down Road, Pajulu Road (Ediofe Cathedral Road), and Arua Avenue Road, all in the central division. …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of lawyers have endorsed a plea to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Uganda Law Society, to address concerns surrounding perceived judicial misconduct attributed to Justice Jesse Byaruhanga Rugyema in a case about the Tilenga oil land dispute. Initiated by human rights …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forensic experts have established that the pistol that was used to kill vlogger Isma Olaxes was the same in the Bujingo shooting. Pastor Aloysius Bujingo was attacked on Tuesday night by unknown people leaving his bodyguard and driver Corporal Richard Muhumuza dead. Muhumuza was a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Speakers of Commonwealth countries to emphasize politics of interest for prosperity. Speaking at a Luncheon he organized for Speakers and Presiding Officers of Commonwealth countries at Speke Resort Munyonyo, the President said the huge population of Africa has for …

Agago , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development has issued 1,017 Customary Certificates of Ownership, to families in Agago district. The titles were given to individuals, families, and two clans; Karuge Katugu and Lwara Kare in Wol and Paimol Subcounties. The issuance followed …