Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have expressed parallel views on the endorsement by the Committee of the House on Gender, Labour, and Social Development imploring the government to build more correctional facilities for juvenile offenders across the country. The Committee’s recommendation was contained in a report released …
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Paris, France | Xinhua | The 193 member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) approved on Friday during an Extraordinary Session of the General Conference, the proposal submitted by the United States to rejoin the organization. After two days of discussions, 132 member states voted in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NTV Uganda journalists Raymond Mujuni and Rita Kanya are officially engaged. This happened Thursday night, with a proposal by Mujuni receiving a ‘yes’. “JUST IN: The most beautiful girl in the world said yes to my most difficult question,” said Mujuni on twitter at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka municipality councillors have opposed a proposal by the Mayor that village councils should contribute for electricity bills of street lights. Masaka municipality Mayor Godfrey Kayemba Afayo says that village councils and divisions in the municipality should contribute some money towards payment of power bills …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Aviation Authority-CAA has rejected proposals by Kitgum Municipal Council to relocate vendors from the central market to the aerodrome to pave way for the redevelopment of the market. The proposed reconstruction of the market will be financed by the African Development Bank (ADB) …
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Justice Kasule’s decent proposal on presidential election petitions Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Two weeks after Kenya’s repeat election held on Oct.26, Justice Remmy Kasule of Uganda’s Constitution Court, bounced a novel idea off another distinguished legal brain in the region— Dr. Willy Mutunga, former chief justice of Kenya. Justice …
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By Jocelyn Edwards Will the Marriage and Divorce Bill finally give women hope? Sitting in a legal aid clinic on Mawanda Road in Kamwokya, a Kampala City suburb, 25-year-old Harriet pulls out a handkerchief to wipe her tears as she relates how the man she considers her husband threw her …
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