Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government plans to license and regulate special transport networks that operate through online digital applications. Some of the online transport networks currently operating on the Ugandan market include Safe Boda, bold previously known as Taxify, Uber, Friendship Taxi, Quick Taxi and Mondo Ride. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Okoth Ochola has ordered Assistant Inspector General of Police Godfrey Bangirana to handover the Logistics and Welfare office, following the expiry of his contract. The directive was issued in a letter dated July 19, 2019, copied to Internal Affairs Minister …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bumarakha primary school in Bumarakha parish in Bulucheke Sub-county in Bududa District has remained closed since the 2010 landslides. Government closed the school after landslides hit the district and affected two villages killing 18 people and injured several others. Hundreds of others were displaced …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The EAC Partner States have been urged to engage the communities in the border regions and traders and trade associations in risk and crisis communication measures. The call comes days after the confirmation of a case of Ebola in Goma, the capital of North …
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Besigye, Muntu, Mao teams react Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s newest party, the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) likes to be known as the quiet, peace-loving party. It is an image the mirrors the personality of its two most prominent leaders; its founder, Maj. Gen.(Rtd) Mugisha Muntu and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities of South Sudan have accused Uganda of harbouring suspected South Sudanese rebels in the refugee settlements camps in Kiryandongo, Adjumani and Lamwo districts. The allegation was fronted during an inter-border symposium between Ugandan leaders and their South Sudan counterparts in Magwi County headquarters, South …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The retired Anglican Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi has advised Ugandan leaders to emulate the legacy of Irene Gleeson, an Australian Missionary who helped thousands of destitute children in Northern Uganda. Gleeson settled in Kitgum District in 1991. While there, Irene supported thousands of needy children …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The executive director of the Uganda Coffee Federation (UCF) George Byamukama has said whipping Ugandans who are growing coffee is tantamount to imperialism. Byamukama was making reference to the ongoing discussion on the National Coffee bill 2018 which is currently being scrutinized by Parliament’s Agriculture …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 700 youths from Kagadi and Kibaale districts turned up for the ongoing LDU recruitment in Kagadi district yesterday . The recruitment exercise is taking place at Kagadi District Headquarters. Major Yusuf Bilaali Katamba, the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces –UPDF spokesperson for First …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of mourners turned up for the requiem mass for fallen former Inspector General of Police, John Kisembo, who died on Thursday this week. Kisembo succumbed to lung cancer. Mourners who included relatives, children, golfers, serving and retired police officers filled Our Lady of …
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