Ruhinda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in Ruhinda South have been left in shock after the Greater Ruhinda FDC party chairman Tumusiime Adonia Bagorogoza rallied support for NRM’s Juliet Agasha Bashisha. Bashisha is the NRM flag bearer for Mitooma district Woman parliamentary seat after winning against the incumbent Jovah Kamateeka …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament today unanimously rejected the proposal to deregister coffee farmers who fail to meet standards set by Government in regards to coffee growing. Parliament has been discussing the National Coffee Bill 2018 that among other things seeks to register all coffee farmers, and deregister farmers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female legislators have called for increased funding to the Uganda Communications Commission in order to reduce the digital divide in the proposed virtual campaigns. The legislators under their umbrella group the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) observed that UCC needs to support voters and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development has discovered that programmes put in place to empower girls and cushion them against early marriages and pregnancies are not utilized. Speaking during a meeting with Members of Parliament on Saturday, Obadiah Kashemeirwe a Gender Ministry Official …
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