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URA registers increased revenue at Uganda-Rwanda border

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has registered an increase in revenue collection at Katuna following the reopening of the Uganda-Rwanda border. The border reopened on February 31, after three years of closure. Rwandan President Paul Kagame accused Ugandan authorities of spying on Rwanda, abducting Rwandan citizens …

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Gov’t calls for vigilance as Ebola sets on Mubende district

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Health (General Duties), Anifa Kawooya, has asked countrymen and women to remain vigilant in the wake of the Ebola outbreak in Mubende district. Kawooya was on Tuesday, 20 September 2022 presenting a statement before Parliament on the outbreak of Ebola …

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Mbale city, Orient cleaners clash over garbage collection

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city authorities are locked up in a fierce fight with Orient City Cleaners limited over the collection of garbage from Mbale central market. Perez Wambedde, the Chairperson of Mbale Central Market says the fight stems from their decision to contract Orient City Cleaners limited …

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19 arrested over cattle theft in Albertine region

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in the Albertine have arrested 19 cattle thieves believed to have been terrorizing cattle farmers in the region. The suspects whose particulars have been concealed for fear of jeopardizing police investigations are being detained at the various police stations across the region including …

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Scientists using AI to see how COVID-19 might evolve to prepare for future variants

Wellington, New Zealand | Xinhua | A team of international researchers has developed a high-tech method to explore the possibilities of how the COVID-19 virus could evolve to prepare for future coronavirus variants using Artificial Intelligence (AI). University of Waikato researcher William Kelton has been working with international partners from Switzerland’s …

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Acholi Kadhi pledges to lobby for infrastructural development

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Muzamil Ismael Mandela, the newly appointed Kadhi of the Acholi Muslim District has pledged to lobby for programs that will spur infrastructural development in Muslim communities within the sub-region. The Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje appointed Sheikh Muzamil Acholi Kadhi two weeks …

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Refugees escape settlement camps to return to DR Congo

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Kisoro district are concerned about Congolese refugees escaping from gazetted camps to their country through the Bunagana border. The refugees fled to the Ugandan border district of Kisoro due to fighting between the March M23 Movement (M23) rebels and Armed Forces of …

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Kikuube residents, leaders protest Bugoma forest boundary reopening

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents neighboring the contested Bugoma forest reserve in Kikuube district are protesting the ongoing boundary exercise. In November last year, the government through the Ministry of Housing, Lands, and Urban Development and the National Forestry Authority-NFA started opening the boundaries of Bugoma central forest reserve. …

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