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Soroti city to privatize garbage management in new market

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Soroti City authorities are planning to hire a private firm to manage garbage collection in the new market. The 24 Billion Shillings market was constructed with funding from the African Development Bank and was commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni in November. It’s expected to commence …

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Kilembe secondary school closed

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kilembe Senior Secondary School in Kasese municipality has been temporarily closed over a students protest.  Last week the students locked their classes and marched to the office of the Resident District Commissioner protesting teacher absenteeism.  They were advised to go back to school as leaders …

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Laporte new signing for Spain ahead of EURO 2020

Madrid, Spain |  XINHUA |  Spainish soccer team coach Luis Enrique received an important ‘signing’ on Tuesday with the confirmation that Manchester City’s central defender Aymeric Laporte has been granted Spanish nationality by the Spanish government. The 26-year-old was born in Agen in France, moving to Spain in 2010 to …

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Parliament clears compensation of Ndeeba church, Lusanja land owners

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has cleared the payment of 17.7 Billion Shillings to six landowners. The Adhoc committee on land compensation led by Veronica Eragu Bichetero has been investigating the compensation of property owners by the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development in Bunyoro and Buganda regions. The …

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500,000 babies exposed to polio and tuberculosis at birth-MOH

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 500,000 babies in Uganda are exposed to polio and tuberculosis. This is because they are not born in hospitals. When children are born, they are supposed to receive polio zero and Bacillus Calmette–Guérin |(BCG) vaccines which protect against tuberculosis at birth. The vaccines …

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Security heightened in Kampala markets, major roads

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Military personnel have been deployed at all major road junctions in Kampala City.  In the City centre, there is a visible security presence at Wandegeya traffic lights, Clock Tower, Shoprite traffic lights, Kibuye roundabout, Bombo road junction, Nsambya traffic lights and Jinja Road. At all …

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Court orders UNEB never to conduct exams on muslim public holidays

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has issued a permanent injunction restraining the Uganda National Examinations Board from conducting examinations on any day coinciding with any of the relevant Muslim religious holidays like Idd Adhua or Idd El fitr in future.  According to the Judgement   of five Constitutional Court …

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