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Mukono municipality residents protest high costs of garbage collection

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Buguju Village in Mukono Municipality are protesting the costs of garbage collection. In January, the municipality contracted De Waste to manage garbage in Goma division and Bins Kampala Limited in the Central Division as well as Namakya Enterprises Limited to manage the landfill at …

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Mbarara security committee orders closure of seven abattoirs

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara city security committee has resolved to close seven slaughter slabs as one of the measures to fight the increasing cattle thefts. The affected include Kiboona, Kikoona, Mile itano, Kakiika, Kichwamba, Matojo, and Nyakayojo abattoirs, which are spread in Mbarara City Southern and Northern Divisions. Moses …

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HIV/AIDS activists in Kigezi call for operationalization of trust fund

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HIV/AIDS activists in the Kigezi sub-region are questioning why the government has failed to expedite the implementation of the AIDS Trust Fund. Parliament enacted the HIV Prevention and Control Act in 2014. The law was operationalized in 2018 enabling the government to levy 2 percent of …

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Gov’t in final stages of hiring Gulu Logistics Hub operator

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) is in the final stages of hiring a private party to lease, develop and operate the multi-billion Gulu Logistics hub in Gulu City. Construction of the 8.2 Million US dollars (approximately 31 billion Shillings) facility was completed in December 2021, after …

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Dr. Kamunyu elected member of Makerere University Council

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Makerere University Academic Staff Association-Muasa Chairman, Dr. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi has been elected as a member of the University Council, the highest governing body of the institution. Kamunyu who defeated Dr. Muhammad Kiggundu Musoke, a man he replaced as Muasa chairman and Associate Professor Nector …

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Farmers in Acholi tipped to embrace commercial agriculture

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Northern Uganda Rehabilitation, Grace Kwiyucwiny has asked farmers in Acholi sub-region to shift from subsistence to commercial agriculture to eradicate poverty and attract processing plants. Kwiyucwiny says the majority of farmers in the region are still engaged in subsistence farming which hasn’t …

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Deputy Speaker crusades for reforms to curb road accidents

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has called on government to extensively look into reckless driving on the roads to curb accidents. During the plenary sitting of Thursday, 24 November 2022, Tayebwa in his communication to the House, said that although there has always been …

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Kitgum leaders express concern over persistent elephant invasion

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Kitgum district are concerned about the constant elephant invasion. The leaders note that the stray elephants from Kidepo Valley National Park are affecting farming mainly in the sub-counties of Orom, Omiya Anyima, Namokora, and Kiteny sub-counties. Christopher Obol Arwai, the LCV chairperson Kitgum, said …

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UPL clubs question FUFA’s approach to curtail hooliganism

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Star Times Uganda Premier League clubs have questioned FUFA’s decision to punish clubs for the hooliganism of their fans. This stems from the recent decision by the local federation to sanction clubs in a bid to stem the growing cases of hooliganism in …

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