Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residentsof Bunambutye resettlement camp in Bulambuli district are demanding for a secondary school to ensure learners in the area access education services. The residents argue that for more than two years ago since they were relocated to the camp, their children have remained at home. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With 20 days to the dissolution of the 11th Parliament, the house will now start conducting business from Monday to Friday and morning and afternoon to complete pending business. The speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga announced the development during her communication to the plenary on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament and surveyors from the Ministry of Lands have resolved to visit land that is due for compensation. The Adhoc committee of parliament led by Kaberamaido County Woman MP Veronica Bichetero is currently investigating compensation concerning land in Ndeeba on which a Church …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA is in the final stages of developing an electronic Procurement system. This is part of KCCA’s plan to turn Kampala into a Smart City through the use of technology and shall do away with manual handling of bids as suppliers …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rehabilitation of two major roads in Fort Portal Tourism City has resumed. The roads are Kaboyo and Ruhandiika which had been contracted to Trino Consulting Limited. However, the construction works stalled last year after the company had just started grading the roads. This sparked endless …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Rights Advocacy Organization Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) has petitioned the Constitutional court over the proposed budget cuts for the health sector. In the petition filed on Tuesday, Peter Eceru, a lawyer and Programmes Specialist at CEHURD which is suing the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition by the former Ruhama County parliamentary aspirant Adens Ntare Rutaro challenging the political activities of People power and People’s Government pressure Groups. However, the five-member panel of the Constitutional Court Justices led by the Deputy Chief Justice, Richard …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee has faulted officials from the Ministry of Finance for undermining the Public Finance Management Act provisions while presenting an additional budget of 3.4 trillion Shillings for the financial year 2021/2022. The additional budget presented to the Committee on Monday has increased the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Health Ministry has discontinued the use of Vitamin C in the management of COVID-19 citing the high toxic levels associated with the drug. Vitamin C, alias ascorbic acid, is a chewable or dissolvable tablet or intravenous drug that supplements the uptake of nutrients in the …
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Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held bilateral talks with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his virtual visit to Kenya. During the meeting, the two discussed trade and investment opportunities, touching on the untapped potential held by the Kenya-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA). …
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