Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kapeule Ngole, a resident of Karita Sub County in Amudat district is in trouble for allegedly lying and presenting a forged National Identity card to the Justice, Catherine Bamugemereire Land Commission. It all started after Simon Lomukele, a resident of Lokales village in Karita Sub …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Stella Nyanzi has asked court through her lawyers, Isaac Ssemakadde and Derrick Bazekuketta to adjourn her case for a month to allow her find witnesses willing to testify on her behalf. Bazekuketta made the request while presenting his submission before the Buganda Road Grade …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of political will is affecting the introduction of a National Legal Aid policy (NLAP) in the country, according to Sylvia Namubiru, the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Service Providers Network-LASPNET. Speaking to URN yesterday, Namubiru said little effort has been made to process …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force on Thursday halted movement of Ugandans and Congolese Nationals from entering Nebbi district over the Ebola threat, as the district elected a new district Chairperson. The seat fell vacant following the death of Esrom William Alenyo who succumbed to accident …
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Suez, Egypt | AFP | Africa Cup of Nations title favourites Algeria defeated the Ivory Coast 4-3 on penalties in Suez Thursday to the relief of Baghdad Bounedjah and set up a semi-final showdown with Nigeria. The quarter-final finished 1-1 after extra time with Sofiane Feghouli giving Algeria a 20th-minute lead …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Twitter said Thursday some users could not access the messaging service amid reports of an outage in some parts of the world. “We are currently investigating issues people are having accessing Twitter,” a spokesperson said in an email. “We’ll keep you updated on what’s happening.” The monitoring website Down …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts are predicting an increase in Uganda’s population from 40.3 million to 55 million by 2025. Musa Lwanga, an Economic Policy Researcher says over 40% of the population will be below 18 years of age and that 23% will be between 18 and 50 years. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Traffic police have cleared Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to proceed with road repairs on the Jinja highway. UNRA spokesperson, Mark Ssali, said the road repairs will start from Spears Motors junction in Nakawa Division in Kampala to Mukono Municipality. Ssali said the 3.5km …
Read More »Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Coffee Research Institute-NaCORI has rejected the proposed registration and licensing of coffee farmers, saying it will disadvantage farmers and cripple the industry. The proposals are contained in the National Coffee bill 2018, which is before parliament. The bill proposes the registration of farmers …
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Paris, France | AFP | France on Thursday became the first major economy to impose a tax on digital giants, with parliament passing the legislation in defiance of a probe ordered by President Donald Trump that could trigger reprisal tariffs. The new law aims at plugging a taxation gap that has …
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