Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union is investing up to 37 billion shillings for the construction of two aquaculture parks in Kalangala and Apac districts. The parks are part of a wider project to promote environmentally sustainable commercial aquaculture project in Uganda. The parks will have a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu police have impounded a vehicle belonging to the convoy of the Deputy Chief Justice, Alphonse Chigamoi Owiny-Dollo after it was involved in a road accident. The speeding vehicle registration number UG0646J was impounded on Monday evening after knocking dead a cyclist identified as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President, Yoweri Museveni has ordered for the establishment of a service center to support sugarcane farmers in Masindi district. This was contained in a message by Gen. Salim Saleh, the coordinator Operation Wealth Creation-OWC read for him by Major Gen. John Mateeka in a meeting …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private emergency care providers are speaking huge sums of money to train their workers abroad in emergency care due to lack of a specialized training facility in the country. Isaac Mundeyi, the administrator of City Ambulance, a private emergency care provider disclosed this in an …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two pieces of anti-tank landmines and more than 9,000 rounds of live ammunition have been recovered abandoned in Palabek Kal sub county, Lamwo district. The bombs were recovered on Monday by the Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers following a tip-off by farmers who were …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farouq Ntege, a former member of the Kampala District Land Board has dragged the Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago to court for illegally terminating him from his job. Through his lawyers of Nabukenya, Mularira and Company Advocates, Ntege is seeking interim orders from the Civil Division …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked court for more time resolve the disputes in Uganda National Student’s Association-UNSA. This was contained in a letter delivered to the High Court Civil Division presided over by Justice Musa Ssekaana signed by Aggrey David Kibenge, the Under Secretary for …
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The African Union launched the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at a summit in Niger last month. Vera Songwe is the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa that has been providing support for the AU during negotiations and ratifications. She spoke to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Martin Sentamu, the father of Imran Kasujja Kyagulanyi, a Top class pupil who died at Sir Apollo Kaggwa Primary School Nakasero is seeking shillings 1 billion in compensation. In his suit before the Civil Division of High Court, Sentamu alleges that his five year …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police officers in Lira District are the worst in crime investigations, according to a police performance survey conducted by the force’s research directorate. Police’ Research Director Edward Ochom says that Lira, with a score of 36.7 per cent, scored way below the average during an …
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