Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday observed a minute of silence in memory of Constance Muhangazima ‘Mama Adyeri’, mother to Burahya County MP Margaret Muhanga, journalist Andrew Mwenda and UPDF Maj Gen Kayanja Muhanga. She died aged 84 on Monday and was buried Friday in Kanyandahi , Fort Portal. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority’s new scanners at the borders have started bearing fruit, as early today the tax collectors intercepted a Kenyan registered truck at Busia border smuggling two people in boxes into Uganda. URA says the truck registration number KCT 230T reached Busia border …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The government of Uganda has welcomed the new form of financing – blended finance – to Uganda with the hope of improving livelihoods of communities and businesses. Blended finance is the use of development finance and charitable funds to mobilise private capital flows to emerging markets …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in Busia District are using non-gazetted routes to enter Kenya to avoid the on-going Ebola screening exercise at the border. This comes after officials at the Kenyan border started an Ebola screening process to all travellers entering the country following Ebola cases in Kasese …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake Butebi has been acquitted Escaping from Lawful custody. Zaake’s acquittal was announced this morning in the Arua Grade One Magistrates Court. Grade one Magistrate Swaleh Asiku ruled that Zaake has no case to answer adding that there was evidence that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations from over 25 countries have called for governments in Africa to integrate treatment and prevention programmes for Hepatitis into other health programmes like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis that are proving to be a success. They pointed out that Prevention of Mother to Child …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority is working on a plan to guarantee delivery of quality medicines to the population in nomadic regions. This is part of the efforts by the United Nations Development Program-UNDP and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development – IGAD, to ensure safety, security …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Betty Olive Kamya has resigned as President Uganda Federal Alliance-UFA. This followed an extraordinary meeting of the National Executive Committee of UFA held on Thursday at Mamerito Hotel in Bweyogerere. Top on the agenda of the meeting was to solve the leadership crisis in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has lost control of Uganda Telecom. This was revealed by the State Minister for Investment and Privatization Evelyn Anite. On Thursday, Members of Parliament learnt that the Nigerian firm contacted to revamp UTL, Taleology Holdings GIB Ltd failed to meet its contractual …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Pilots and Engineers are demanding for a pay rise. The pilots say that they are being left out of a proposal to standardize the salary of pilots. Although the pilots have been earning a meagre 2.1 million per month, in April this year …
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