Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of 300 small holder farmers in Gulu district is stuck with a rice huller despite the bumper harvest due to lack of electricity. It is now three months since Latyeng Farmer Group in Laliya Sub County, about 10 Kilometers North of Gulu Town …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Secretary Generals of all political parties with representation in Parliament will meet this Friday, to determine the fate of next week’s Inter party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) summit. The summit, composed of presidents of political parties with representation in parliament is supposed to take place …
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Kampala, Uganda | DORAH EGUNYU | Up to eight million children attend primary school in Uganda according to the Uganda National Planning Authority Report of 2017. Of these, 5.2 million (66%) attend school on empty stomachs. Children leave home very early and often with no breakfast and study all day …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female officers have expressed concern over the increasing incidents of Sexual harassment and abuse within the Uganda Police Force that go unreported. The officers who were part of a conference organized by the Police Women Affairs Department, as part of the 16 days of activism …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Judge Elizabeth Kabanda has pulled out of the case in which nine suspects are charged with the murder and kidnap of Susan Magara, a 28 year old cashier of Bwendero Dairy Farm. The late Susan Magara was kidnapped on February 7, along Kabaka …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane farmers in Masindi have resolved to lift their ban to supply cane to Kinyara Sugar Limited. The farmers slapped a ban on supplying cane to Kinyara Sugar Limited on October 18th, 2018 following their failure to agree with the company on the final payment …
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Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | Ramathan Ggoobi is Policy Analyst, and political economist who spearheaded the arm ‘economics that works in Uganda. He lecturers economics at Makerere University Business School (MUBS) and has co-authored several studies on Uganda’s economy. Aside from living his career dream, he is also …
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Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Departed Asians Property Custodian Board has embarked on a verification exercise of people occupying property formerly owned by Asians in Luweero district. There are 38 properties in Luweero district formerly owned by Asians before they were expelled by President Idi Amin from Uganda in …
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Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung offers suggestions ahead of new policy launch Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Policy documents alone will not industrialise Uganda. The government should lead this agenda by acting and learning from the mistakes and failures. Also industrial development should become a political priority in action and funding, not in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cultural institutions in Acholi and Bunyoro sub regions are calling for protection of their heritage inside Murchison Falls National Park as Uganda moves into the development of oil production facilities. The two kingdoms say that they possess valuable cultural sites and heritage materials inside the …
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