Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center – UWEC has received the first animal ambulance thanks to the Wildlife fans and the Paradise Wildlife Park in United Kingdom. The UWEC Executive Director, James Musinguzi unveiled the ambulance at their premises on Wednesday afternoon. The donation of the Ambulance …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 402 former employees of the defunct Uganda Electricity Board-UEB have dragged the government to court in a bid to recover transport allowances that were due to them when their contracts were terminated. The applicants, whose application is filed on behalf of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The MP for Bufumbira County South, Sam Bitangaro has said he acquired the land in Bukompe Village, Kassanda district genuinely. Bitangaro also the former Minister of State for Gender was remanded last week to Luzira Prisons together with three people, lawyer John Francis Onyango Owor, …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Lamwo District has lost all his household properties after his kinsmen from Bobi Paibwoc Clan in Padibe West Sub County raided his home to recover 3.4 million Shillings he allegedly swindled. Augustine Akera, a resident of Paibwoc West village in Lagwel Parish …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has exhausted resources in the Petroleum Fund, Parliament has learnt. This is after the Minister of State for Planning David Bahati confirmed a zero budget allocation from the fund to support the coming financial year 2020/2021 budget despite previous allocations. “There is …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Katwe Landing Site in Kasese District are appealing to the District Health Department and the Ministry of Health to restore more than 10 key Ebola screening centres that were closed. The district last year put in place measures to avert a possible …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission is scheduled to meet presidential aspirant Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine in a bid to reach a compromise on their consultation programs. This development comes just days after Kyagulanyi, campaigning under the People Power umbrella …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The People’s Government has vowed to defy police ban on political gatherings in homes. On Monday, district and Division Police Commanders –DPCs were directed to disband all political meetings in private homes. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, said police had noticed a continuous violation of …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people have succumbed to suspected pneumococcal Meningitis in two villages of Ojia and Ediofe in Terego County, Arua district. The disease is a life-threatening infection that causes inflammation of the layers that surround the brain and spinal cord. The infection occurs when the bacteria …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has finally secured 7,000 graduation gowns, out of the more than 13,000 required for the 70th graduation ceremonies scheduled for next week. The arrival of the consignment was confirmed by the Academic Registrar Alfred Masikye Namoah in a report to the Ceremonies …
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