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Nebbi residents protest delayed compensation for industrial park land

Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The community of Omvuro village in Nyaravur-Angal town council, Nebbi district who gave out land for the construction of an industrial park are uncertain about their compensation being paid. The residents argue that ever since they signed a memorandum of understanding with Nebbi district local …

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SOROTI: Over 2,000 claimants verified for compensation

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 2,410 of the people who lost animals during the insurgency in Soroti District have been cleared for compensation. The list was revealed by the Soroti District Communications Officer, Abraham Ekwaru during an exclusive interview with our reporter ahead of the launch of …

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LRA victims in West Nile to revive compensation case

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Victims of the Lords Resistance Army-LRA insurgency in West Nile have resolved to revive the case in which they are demanding compensation from the government over losses incurred during the conflict. Between 1993 and 1996, hundreds of people from Arua and other districts in West …

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EACOP: Dates set for compensation of pipeline affected persons

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The long-awaited moment for the compensation of people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline has come after the EACOP Company gave a timeline to start and complete the exercise. According to Martin Tiffen, the General Manager EACOP, they expect the compensation process to take …

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November riots: Gov’t still processing compensation of victims

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Foreign Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo has said that the government is still processing compensation of victims of the November 2020 riots. Fifty people were killed when riots erupted in Kampala and other parts of the country following the arrest of National Unity …

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Lab technicians put gov’t on strike notice

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Laboratory technicians under the Uganda Medical Lab Technology Association, have put the government on a three weeks’ notice to go on strike over compensation and recruitment. Patrick Dennis Alibu, the Association Secretary-General said they have since been approaching the government to recognize degree holders …

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Teso war claimants speak out on the hurdles when seeking compensation

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pius Omukat lost 48 heads of cattle, 20 goats and several other properties in 1987. Omukat, 67, a resident of Kamuge village in Pallisa district is among the 200,500 people under Teso War Victims and Cattle Rustling Debt Claimants’ Association seeking compensation from government over the …

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Family of slain Bukomansimbi police officer bitter over unfulfilled pledges

Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of the slain police officer Denis Lumala Ssebugwawo of Kisojo village in Bukomansimbi district has accused the government of not fulfilling the pledge of compensation. Ssebugwawo who before his retirement in 2016, served as Rwizi Regional Police Crime Intelligence Officer was brutally killed …

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Brutalized Busia albino seeks compensation from gov’t

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mackson Wanyama, a 23-year-old resident of Nangwe village, Western division of Busia municipality is seeking for compensation from the government. Wanyama says that he was beaten by police who were enforcing presidential directives on curfew, one evening in June this year when he was going …

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