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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change party- FDC says it is ready to take over leadership of the Inter-Party Dialogue (IPOD). IPOD is supported by Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD). The parties subscribing to IPOD include; National Resistance Movement (NRM), Forum for Democratic Change …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan importers have accused Uganda Revenue Authority – URA of making it hard for them to trade after it said some goods, including footwear, motor vehicle tyres and garments of any kind would not be eligible for customs warehousing. URA said in a notice …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Refugee community at Kiryandongo settlement in Bweyale town council has decried harassment by health staff at the Panyadoli health centre III. Originally established in 1990, Kiryandongo settlement was re-opened in 2014 during the South Sudanese insurgency and now hosts almost close to 60,000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s IAAF 10,000 meter gold medalist, Joshua Cheptegei says that the sports industry in the country is growing at a slow pace due to inexperienced and unprofessional leaders governing the industry. Speaking to journalists after addressing students at his former school MM College Wairaka …

DORIS AKOL: How IFFs reduce and eliminate growth benefits and undermine the development potential of our economies. COMMENT | DORIS AKOL | Illicit Financial Outflows (IFFs) are a major source of leakage of economic value from African economies. Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) can be traced back to commercial activities such as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Prime Minister is to carry out an audit on food aid supplied to Karamoja. The move follows the alleged mismanagement of food supplied to schools in the region. Karamoja Affairs Minister, Eng. John Byabagambi says he has been instructed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in areas neighboring Agoro river are struggling to access water following a change in the design of channels flowing atop of Langiya hills in Agoro sub-county, Lamwo district. Stretching several kilometers through the North East and Western part of Agoro, Langiya hills provides …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of climate change activists are calling on the private sector to join forces with the government in accelerating the energy transition from charcoal to clean solar cook-stoves in the country. They say private sector investment in cleaner sources of energy will trigger …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has extended the on-going Measles and Rubella immunization  exercise that was meant to end yesterday. According to the health ministry, the exercise has been extended because some schools missed out. Stock outs were also reported in some parts of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA is set to start expansion works on Lubigi and Nakamiro drainage channels. The project is implemented under the World Bank funded Kampala Infrastructure Institution Development Project -KIIDP II and government of Uganda. World bank provided USD 183.7 Million …