Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police are concerned about the numerous incidents of baby and child thefts. Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson says that the latest incidents recorded a few days ago happened in Soroti, Kabale, Ntungamo, Ngora, Kampala and Mbarara. Enanga said the Soroti incident involved a 63-year-old …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government has put a stop to the approval of the Jinja city land board until the proper procedure is followed in constituting it. Deputy Inspector General of Government Patricia Achan, on Wednesday directed Jinja city authorities, to halt the process of approving …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The tourism sector in Uganda is taking advantage of the growing culture of marking Valentine’s day to support the revival of the sector from a two-year underperformance caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The planned activities include a two-kilometer walk in Kampala, which the sector leaders …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is planning to review the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures for schools. Educational institutions were given guidelines to follow before they were allowed to reopen. The guidelines include wearing face masks, washing hands, and the two-meter social distancing during classes. A source …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons who evict or attempt to evict surviving spouses, lineal or dependent relatives entitled to occupy residential holding will be imprisoned for 7 years or fined 3.3 million Shillings. This is under the Succession (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that was passed by Parliament on Tuesday afternoon …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Secondary school teachers are worried about the amount of work students in senior six need to learn before they sit for national examinations in November. According to the teachers, the students who normally spend the majority of their time in S.6 carrying out revision ahead …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU has distributed four tones of impounded immature fish to Uganda Prisons Services, schools, and residents in Kasese. The fish mainly Nile Perch was impounded near the Ugandan border with the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC, in Nyabugando being transported in a truck …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has discovered that procurement regulations in the award of the US$200 million contract for the expansion and upgrading of Entebbe International Airport were flouted. In 2014, Government through Ministry of Works and Transport contracted China …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Investment and Privatization, Evelyn Anite has directed Uganda Investment Authority-UIA to repossess plots of land in Namanve industrial park that have not been utilized by investors. Anite who visited the park on Tuesday noted that five investors who were allocated land …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary in the Local Government Ministry has directed newly created sub-counties and town councils to use the startup funds to pay salaries. In November last year, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning disbursed 50 Million Shillings to each of the newly created …
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