Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT REPORTER | The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has come out to explain the land acquisition challenges that have necessitated The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The proposed amendment of Article 26 of the 1995 Constitution aims to make it possible for government to take possession of or acquire property upon payment of the …
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VIDEO: Kayihura suspends 4 police officers as land probe bites Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | The Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura has suspended four senior police officers that are accused of taking an active role in the forceful eviction of residents and the destruction of a government building on plots 60 & 62, …
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VIDEO: Otafiire implicated in illegal Jinja land giveaway Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Justice and Constitutional affairs Minister Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire has been cited in the giveaway of land to a private property developer in Jinja Municipal council in 2011. Emmanuel Olaunah Orum, the then under secretary in the ministry of trade and …
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VIDEO: Ofwono Opondo returns Operation Wealth Creation cow Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has returned a cow he received under Operation Wealth Creation after an uproar from district councilors in Mukono. The councilors were unhappy that the some of the cows, which were meant for the poor people in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Prosecution handling the murder case of 20 people suspected to have killed former AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi, his body guard Kenneth Erau and driver Godfrey Wambewa on Wednesday informed court that police investigations into the case are still at an infant stage. State prosecutor Rachael Nabwiire told presiding Grade …
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Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda | AFP | Nicaraguan singer Hernaldo Zuniga brought his entire family to trek through the lush forests and mist-shrouded volcanoes of northwestern Rwanda in search of mountain gorillas. He described their encounter with the critically endangered primates as “an almost spiritual” experience, and said it was the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has given all pensioners who were not validated by Ministry of Public Service up to July 28 to seek its clearance or else they will be deleted from the pension payroll with effect from 1st August. According to a statment from the Permanent Secretary, Ministry …
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An online memorial book for Rotary Int. pres elect Sam Owori opened Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Final memorials for Rotary International President-elect Sam Owori who died suddenly in the US earlier this month, are being held in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. His body Lay in State on Tuesday at Uganda’s Parliament where …
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Man arrested with 33kg of ivory in Mbarara Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Police in Mbarara District with help from Natural Resource Conservation Network (NRCN) have arrested pne man in possession of 33.8kgs of elephant tusks worth Sh13.5 million . Jackson Baluku, 42, a motor vehicle broker and a resident of Lower Zone Base …
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Land probe: IGP Kayihura wants government agencies ‘crucified’ over property saga Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura has demanded that the ongoing land commission of inquiry interrogate government agencies named in the illegal sale and demolition of a building on plot 60-62, Aldina Road in Jinja …
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