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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has criminalized the failure to slash bushes around homes and paint houses regularly. It also an offense to liter anywhere that is not designated as a liter place. Isaac Musumba, the Lands, Housing and Urban Development Minister, told reporters on Tuesday in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has applauded the late former Kenyan President, Daniel Arap Moi for being a friend to Uganda and playing a pivotal role in the revival of the East African Community (EAC). “I have been saddened to learn about the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Secretary to Treasury Keith Muhakanizi says that wrong projections in the current 2019/2020 financial year have made management of the National Budget a big challenge. Muhakanizi was on Tuesday appearing before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee to respond to Auditor General’s queries raised in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial granted bail to four other suspects jointly charged with the former Inspector General of Police General Edward Kale Kayihura for abetting and aiding the kidnap of Rwandan refugees. The suspects are the former Deputy Commandant of the Professional Standards Unit Richard …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty three Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers attached to Mubende Rehabilitation center have received hearing devices worth Shillings 92 million, thanks to Starkey Hearing Foundation. The soldiers received the devices at a two day’s health camp held at Naranbhai road primary school in Jinja …

Kitgum, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The construction of roads and a bus terminal in Kitgum Municipality is set to start after the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development finalized the procurement process for a consultancy firm. Kitgum Municipality is among the eight urban centres in the country that received …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni dispatched a team of officials from the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday to make use of the stop over by his Guinea Bissau counterpart, Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo to discuss trade relations between Uganda and the West African nation. Embalo made a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four Civil Society Organizations which lost a case filed in French Court in relation to Total’s oil projects in Uganda are considering seeking redress in court. The CSOs are; Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), Civic Response on Environment and Development (CRED)National Association for Profession …

Isingiro , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is excitement among residents of Nyamuyanja sub county in Isingiro district following the long awaited commissioning of Kaberebere –Nyamuyanja-Ryamiyonga road construction works. The 23.1km road stretch will cost Shillings 1.68 billion provided under the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project [DR DIP], which …

Mitooma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers in Katenga sub county in Mitooma district under their umbrella Kajoki Coffee Farmer’s Association are up in arms against traders for the poor coffee quality, which has resulted in low prices. A kilogram of coffee in Mitooma district currently costs Shillings 4200 down …