Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of Uganda Broadcasting Corporation has told Parliament that it will need supplementary funding of 1.2 billion Shillings to expand its radio transmission network to underserved regions. According to a statement by the Minister of ICT and National Guidance Judith Nabakooba, the money will …
Read More »Arua politicians, DHO bicker over ‘false’ COVID-19 test results
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Controversy has erupted in Arua district over COVID-19 results released by the District Health Officer Paul Bishop Drileba, following tests conducted in anticipation of the presidents visit last week. President Museveni visited Arua as part of a five-day journey in which he unveiled major …
Read More »Electromax rushes to install four more thermal generators in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electromax Tororo has delivered four additional generators to Arua, bringing to eight the number of generators in the district. The four generators with the capacity of producing one Megawatt each were delivered to Arua from Tororo over the weekend. According to reports, 1 million litres …
Read More »Despotic founders, intrigue pushed MP Atiku from FDC to NRM
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ayivu County MP Bernard Atiku has said that the ‘founder syndrome,’ among members of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC drove him far away from the party whose interests he once represented in Parliament into the National Resistance Movement-NRM. Atiku joined the NRM a week ago …
Read More »Ayivu county MP Bernard Atiku officially joins NRM party
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement-NRM party supporters in Ayivu County have expressed excitement after their MP Bernard Atiku officially joined the ruling party, ahead of the 2021 general elections. Atiku who is serving his second term in Parliament joined parliament on the FDC ticket in 2011. However, …
Read More »MPs seek penalties for motorists who splash water on pedestrians
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cross-section of legislators is proposing penalties against drivers who splash water on pedestrians. Such incidences have been common, in parts of Kampala, where a number of roads are covered in potholes, logged with water and poor drainage systems. In some instances, drivers who splash …
Read More »MP Bernard Atiku on being unselfish
‘I have witnessed street children barely two years old being exploited to beg under the scorching sun and felt so low’ Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | Bernard Atiku is the Ayivu County Member of Parliament. Now in his second term, Atiku arrived in parliament in 2011 on the …
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