Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Teso Chief Papa Emorimor, Augustine Osuban Lemukol Adugala has finally named his new cabinet, more than three months after dropping the old cabinet. Emorimor reshuffled his cabinet in November last year after attempts by some cabinet ministers to oust him. He later named …
Read More »Jinja officials resolve to sell off gov’t property to finance headquarter construction
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja district officials have resolved to sell some dilapidated government buildings to raise money to finance the construction of their new headquarters. In 2015, the then Jinja district councilors resolved to selloff plot 1 on Busoga road at Shillings 2.5 billion to finance the construction …
Read More »Canterbury Archbishop calls for united Anglican Communion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justin Portal Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury in United Kingdom has argued Church of Uganda to remain steadfast and in Communion with the entire church despite differences. He was speaking while giving his welcoming remarks during the enthronement of Dr. Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, the …
Read More »Catholic Church unveils museum in memory of Cardinal Wamala
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka diocese catholic diocese has unveiled a historical museum that depicts the priestly life and works of Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala. The museum is found in his ancestral home in Kamaggwa village in Lwankoni Sub County in Kyotera district. The museum will act as a …
Read More »Bushenyi-Ishaka municipality town clerk in trouble over UGX 194M
Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipal Town Clerk, William Makune is under the spotlight for alleged failure to account for over Shillings 100million collected in the first quarter of the 2019/2020 financial year. This prompted the Mayor and Councilors to close the municipal offices on Friday to get …
Read More »Buvama leaders worried about unconstructed roads ahead of palm oil planting
Buvama, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buvuma District authorities are concerned about the poor state of road connecting to out grower’s gardens ahead of the planting of palm oil seedlings. The National Oil Palm Project-NOPP is finalising preparations to receive about 36, 000 seedlings from Benin in March this year for …
Read More »Acholi paramount chief irked by encroachment on royal land
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief, Rwot David Onen Acana II is protesting the encroachment on Payira Royal clan land in Pader District. The land in question is found in Lacekocot Trading Centre in the newly created Atanga Town Council in Aruu North County. The land has been segmented …
Read More »Makerere university school of public health to relocate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) is to get a new home come 2025. The School, which currently operates in Mulago, has embarked on the construction of an eight storied facility valued at Shillings 30 billion next to Makerere University Eastern Gate. The School …
Read More »Ogwang, 24, a student with hearing impairment now seeing light at the end of the tunnel
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alex Ogwang, 24, a student with hearing impairment is now seeing light at the end of the tunnel after attaining sufficient marks to secure him government sponsorship on the affirmative slot for students like him. Ogwang dropped out of Kyambogo University in second year in 2017 …
Read More »Amuru RDC dragged to court over impounded charcoal
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Kampala based businesswoman, Sumbuwa Shamim Lala, has dragged Amuru Resident District Commissioner– RDC and Amuru District Local Government to Court for impounding his charcoal. Through Alaka & Company Advocates, Sumbuwa is demanding a compensation of 38,270,000 million Shillings in special damages suffered after the …
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