Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero topped the list of districts with the highest cases of malicious damage to property and criminal trespass resulting from persistent land conflicts. According to the 2022 police crime report issued last week, Luwero district registered 172 cases of malicious damage to property followed by Mpigi …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero district has rolled out the electronic tax administration system so as to fight leakages and enhance revenue collections. In the financial year 2021/22, urban councils and the district collected 2.4 out of 4.063 billion shillings target as local revenue. At least 1.7 billion shillings …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in Luwero and Wobulenzi town councils have resolved to close early and return home following the Monday attack on a police checkpoint. Unknown assailants armed with machetes emerged from both sides of the police checkpoint at Kiwumpa village near Luwero town council and hacked …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 28 civil servants in Luwero district have not received their salary over absenteeism from duty. The most affected staff are teachers, head teachers, and health workers among others. Bernard Okello, the Luwero District Human Resource Officer explains that the district suspended the salaries effective March …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least fifteen primary school headteachers in Luwero district are in trouble for failing to account for Shillings 81 million disbursed to their schools under the Universal Primary Education programme. In 2019/20, Luwero district received over Shillings 2.1 billion from the Ministry of Education and Sports …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform-NUP councilors in Luwero district have turned down an invitation to attend leadership training and meet President Yoweri Museveni. Recently, a team of State House officials approached Luwero District Council Speaker Abdul Mazinga, and informed him about their wish to train district councilors …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero district chairman Erastus Kibirango has discovered that the provision of services in Luwero hospital has been compromised by late coming, absenteeism and lack of medical supplies. Luwero hospital was recently upgraded from a health center IV as one of the measures to improve health service …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The administration of Luwero hospital has asked the district executive to lift the suspension of the private wing at the facility to allow patients to access better and cheap health services. Last year, Luwero hospital started a private wing with the aim of improving health …
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