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Uganda Airlines ready to take to the sky

Promotional RETURN fares to run for 2 months from August 28: ✳Nairobi Return $278 ✳Juba $225 ✳Mogadishu $590 ✳Dar $ 286 ✳Bujumbura $292 ✳Mombasa $325 ✳Kilimanjaro $311 💠All inclusive of taxes Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Airlines board today received their Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) secured last …

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DRC Ebola concern up

What WHO emergency declaration means | THE INDEPENDENT | On July 17, the second worst Ebola outbreak of all time, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was officially declared an international Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said this means all countries should …

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ANALYSIS: Police on torture

Why activists say IGP Ochola’s latest order is a joke Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | At a recent event organized in Kampala to commemorate the international day in support of torture victims, Mario Obiga Kania, the State Minister for Internal Affairs asked several uniformed police officers in attendance to …

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Bad news over LDU recruitment

Political risk exposed Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME AND JULIAN SABIITI | Some of them forged documents. Others bribed. Many were rejected and many fainted in the physical recruitment training. But still they did not give up. The countrywide recruitment of Local Defense Unit (LDUs) that started on July 15 …

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UNRA starts clearing way for Kampala Flyover

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Friday morning started an exercise to clear the right of way for the Kampala Flyover Project. Work started at Clock Tower, where all structures standing in the way were razed down. The exercise will be conducted along the project …

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Government finally tables electoral reforms

✳ Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill No.17, 2019 ✳ Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill No.18, 2019 ✳ Electoral Commission (Amendment) Bill No. 19, 2019 ✳ P. Parties & Org (Amendment) Bill No. 20, 2019 ✳ Local Govts (Amendment) Bill No.21, 2019 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has tabled proposed electoral reforms …

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Good jump! URA surpasses target

Commissioner General Doris Akol outlines plans for the FY 2019/2020 Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s tax collection grew at an impressive 14.9% above target to Shs16.6trillion in the last Financial Year, the fastest pace recorded in the last four years. Results released on July 15 shows that the …

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Fight over sugarcane business

President Museveni supports exports to Kenya  Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | On June 11, President Yoweri Museveni held a closed door meeting with the sugarcane farmers in Busoga sub-region at the Jinja state lodge a head of his planned Operation Wealth Creation campaign. Among those who attended the meeting …

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Police brutality

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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