Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has sanctioned a declaration of a public holiday on Aug. 23, a day when the National Population and Housing Census will be held, an official announced on Thursday. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa when he …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Celebrations to mark the 45th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Janani Luwum will be conducted physically in Wii-Gweng in Kitgum district. Barely two weeks ago, both the central and local organizing committees of the event had decided that the event be celebrated from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want a public holiday declared so as to scale up vaccination of learners in order to achieve the vaccination target required to reopen schools. The MPs on the Parliamentary forum on children noted that the prolonged lockdown on schools has exacerbated cases of …
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By Ronald Musoke The Minister of Information, Mary Karooro Okurut has announced that Jan.30 will be a public holiday to allow Ugandans celebrate the 27th anniversary of the NRA/NRM liberation day which was uncharacteristically postponed from its official date of Jan.26. Speaking to journalists today (Jan.22) in Kampala, Karooro-Okurut said …
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