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The number of people displaced by Lake Kyoga reaches 3000

  Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 3000 people in Lwampanga sub county in Nakasongola district have been displaced from their homes as a result of flooding from Lake Kyoga because of increased water levels. The affected people are from Kikoyiro, Kibuye, Munami, Zengebe, Kabashombwa,Kitalaganya, Kityoba and Kyebisire villages …

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Buvuma district Covid-19 task force receives boat from area MP

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buvuma district Covid-19 Task force has received a boat to facilitate the transportation of essential health equipment and serve as an ambulance for referrals cases to the mainland thanks to the Buvuma County Member of Parliament, Robert Migadde. The boat has capacity of carrying …

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Rising water levels cause flooding in areas near Lake Albert

Ntoroko , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Locals in Kanara sub-county, Ntoroko district are living in panic after rising water levels caused flooding in areas surrounding Lake Albert. The flooding has affected more than 50 families on the southern part of the lake whose houses were submerged. The most affected areas …

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Mbarara district officials awarded UGX 10m for illegal detention

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Five people who were arrested by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit but never charged within 48-hours have been awarded compensation of 10 million Shillings by the High Court in Kampala. The five include  Mbarara Chief Administrative Officer Felix Cuthbert Esoku, Godlive Ayebare and Emmanuel Himbisa, …

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Luweero millers stuck with maize flour as sales dwindle

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several grain millers in Luweero town are stuck with tons of maize flour and animal feeds as sales dwindle in the middle of lockdowns undertaken to contain the spread of coronavirus disease-COVID-19. The sales fell drastically from the time president Yoweri Museveni directed all …

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