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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rehabilitation work on Kitgum Airfield has started. The two-square-mile airfield is located in Orom Sub-County, 80km East of Kitgum town. The airfield was established in 1971 after it was first named John F. Kennedy, the US President by an American tourist but in April 2018, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herbert Muhangi, the former commandant of the Police Flying Squad unit is out on bail. He was released this morning by the General Court Martial Chairman, Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti. He executed a non-cash bond of Shillings 10 million while each of his sureties executed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has donated 1.3 billion shillings for the construction of the Uganda Local Government Association, ULGA house. This is the second time, Museveni has contributed money for the house project, whose construction started more than ten years ago. In 2009/2010 financial year, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A regional facility supposed to test the quality of road materials is under construction in Fort Portal. The laboratory located in Boma, Fort Portal Municipality will be used for testing road materials that include soils, gravel, bitumen, and rocks. It was constructed under the Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Napak LCV Chairperson, Joseph Lomonyang is the new President of the Uganda Local Government Association, ULGA. Lomonyang, who has been the vice president ULGA for Karamoja region polled 140 votes against his only challenger, Joseph Luzige, who got 123 votes. He was declared amid …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Administrator of Zabuloni Estate Ronald Kalemba has pinned a businesswoman Miria Ssebunya for grabbing close to three Square Miles of their family land. Miria Ssebunya is wife to former Uganda ambassador to Libya Moses Kiwe Ssebunya. Kalemba, 53 told the Commission of Inquiry …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet this week approved the Physical Planners Registration Bill 2019 for better coordination of the sector. The bill will ensure physical planners play a more effective role in all physical planning matters in the Country based on the law, and are made more responsible and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has resolved to use parishes as focal points to transform Uganda’s economy. This was reached in a discussion on Monday by members of the Party’s CEC currently meeting at Chobe Safari …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the lagoon at Kiruddu Hospital is expected to start next month. The construction is estimated to cost sh3.5 Billion. The Minister of State for Health, Sarah Opendi says that the government procured land near the hospital where the lagoon will be constructed. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have tasked government to explain why they have decided to fund an investor to construct an international specialized hospital. Government plans to guarantee a loan of $ 379 million to an investor for the construction of an International Specialized Hospital …