Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person is reported dead after a bus rammed into a building on Kyaggwe Road, opposite Post Bank Uganda close to Kiseka Market on Wednesday afternoon. It left several vendors and pedestrians injured and also paralyzed traffic in the busy area. The KAKISE bus number …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hotel chain, Latitude Hotels Group, plans to open up a new hotel facility in Kampala as it seeks presence in the East African region. This follows the opening of similar facilities in Malawi and Zambia in 2012 and 2014, respectively. While no official opening is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four more traffic junctions in Kampala will have newly installed state-of-the-art traffic signals switched on this Friday. This will bring the total of signalised junctions in Kampala City to 23 ahead a a planned 42 by close of this year. The changes will bring about …
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THIS WEEK: NDA stops licensing drug shops in Kampala, municipalities Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a Jan.10 press statement, the National Drug Authority (NDA) announced that they will no longer license drug shops in Kampala and other municipalities saying there are pharmacies already sufficiently serving those areas and that …
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Six butchers remanded over treating meat with chemical suspected to be formalin, a preservative for dead bodies. Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Six people were Friday remanded to Luzira Prison over allegations of spraying meat and fish with harmful preservative chemicals. The six appeared before Kampala City Hall Court …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After another dramatic morning in which today’s parliament session was briefly suspended over claims soldiers were camped at the Catholic and Anglican prayer places, MPs started contributing to the debate on the Constitution Amendment Bill (No2) of 2017. When the plenary resumed after Speaker Rebecca …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hours after the end of a two-day review workshop on Kampala’s Institutional and Infrastructure Developments at which recommendations were made to improve the traffic situation in the city, police sprang into action – by staying away from all roads. The result was a disaster for motorists. “Because …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has ordered security organs other than the police to vacate parliament as tension rises ahead of the second reading of the “Age Limit” consitution amendment bill 2017. Kadaga also asked police to seal off the hallway linking the President’s Office and parliament, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will this month start registering residents of Wakiso and Kampala as it prepares for distribution of free Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN) in a nationwide campaign against Malaria. Village Health Teams (VHT) members accompanied by the area Local Council One (LC1s) …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jumia Food has unveiled Jumia Party – a new 1 hour alcohol delivery service App in Kampala. This follows a partnership with Pernod Ricard, the world’s producer of wines and spirits. The new app gives users access to a full marketplace of spirits, wines, beers …
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