Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council of Sports has flagged off the Uganda National Basketball team, the Silverbacks to Monastir, Tunisia for the second FIBA Afro Basket 2021 qualifiers. The qualifiers have been scheduled for February 19-21, 2021. The team under the management of assistant coach Mande Juruni …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of Gulu Diocese His Grace John Baptist Odama has asked the clergy and Christians in Arua Diocese to reconcile and ask for forgiveness. Odama made the call on Thursday at the burial of late Rev. Fr. Cyril Adiga Nakari at Otumbari Catholic Parish …
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Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seventeen fishermen have been arrested with a substance which they were pouring into Lake Victoria allegedly to kill fish so they can pick it easily when it floats of the surface Nsubuga Muhammad, the Masaka Regional Police Spokesperson says the 17 suspects are still detained …
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Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition National Unity Platform-NUP has made major political inroads in Bukomansimbi and Kalungu districts, following local council III elections which were held on Wednesday, February 3. The newly formed party has taken a lion’s share in Sub-county and Town Council elections defeating the incumbents …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureau of standards -UNBS will close all maize millers that won’t have a distinctive certification by June this year. Section 43 of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards Act, cap 327, makes use of a distinctive mark a mandatory requirement for all importers and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Less than half of the Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies- SACCOs that the government registered to benefit from the Emyooga Initiative have received the funds. The initiative aimed at creating jobs and improving household incomes Ugandans in the Boda Boda industry, taxi drivers, restaurant owners, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Health Committee of Parliament want financially stable Ugandans to pay for COVID-19 vaccination, and let the government allocation go to the less privileged and most vulnerable communities. The Ministry of Health announced earlier that it has placed an order for 18 million …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has been faulted for failing to defend civilians in the Internally Displaced People’s-IDP camps during the LRA-led insurgency in Northern Uganda. The International Criminal Court (ICC) made the observation during a session in which a former Warlord Dominic Ogwen, who …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has noted that the government might consider easing restrictions imposed on the performing arts sector, cinema halls and bars. The entertainment sector has remained closed since the initial lockdown imposed to forestall the outbreak of coronavirus disease. According to the government, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has warned the manufacturers, importers and dealers in facemasks and face shields to strictly follow the standards. This comes ahead of the reopening of the education sector by the government, which would see the demand for facemasks and shields …
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