Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The mutilated and beheaded body of a prominent businessman in Jinja City has been found in a sugar plantation, with all indications that he was subjected to ritual sacrifice. Now Police in Busoga East are investigating circumstances under which the 53-year-old George Waidha, a …
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Ethiopia Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration (MoTRI) has announced a decision to hike gas prices by 16 percent starting Sunday. The ministry said in a press statement released Saturday evening that the price hike would see gas prices rise from 31.74 Ethiopian …
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Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Atongtidi sub-county Kwania district in northern Uganda are worried about the outbreak of fall armyworms. Fall army worms also known as a butterfly are pest species that attack over 80 varieties of crops including maize, sorghum, sugarcane, cotton, rice and wheat among …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has donated sh20 million towards the establishment of Lira City Women SACCO. The cash donation was handed over to the Lira City Woman MP Jane Aceng Ocero who is also the Minister of Health by Mary Goretti Kitutu, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has warned the public against the increasing cases of fraud. UCC through the Acting head of communication and international relations Rebecca Mukite says that there is an increasing trend of conmen who trick people into giving mobile money …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and Tanzania have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in defense and security for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline – EACOP project. The deal was signed on Friday at the climax of a three-day the 1st Inter-governmental Security Committee Meeting held at …
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Abuja, Nigeria | airspace-africa | The fuel crisis in Nigeria’s aviation industry has become untenable. In a letter penned by the President of the Airline Operators of Nigeria(AON), Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, and sent to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, airline industry operators have signaled their intent to down tools …
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Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan said Friday it has kicked off plans to nationalize the country’s oil industry in the next five years. Awou Daniel Chuang, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Petroleum told journalists in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, that the ministry has started the process …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Billions of shillings disbursed to districts for the Parish Development Model (PDM) programme across the country are still lying idle just months to the end of the financial year. In February this year, President Yoweri Museveni launched the Parish Development Model (PDM) at Kibuku …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Brender Nakalanzi, the Managing Director for Goshen Hope Enterprises, to Luzira Prison on charges of causing government a financial loss of more than one billion shillings. Nakalanzi was on Friday afternoon arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court Chief …
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