Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Smallholder farmers with vast land in Amuru District have ventured into cashew nuts growing in a bid to diversify crop production and income. The enterprise follows the outcome of a meeting in which three farmers from the District met President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in 2018 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With only 9 days left for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to swear in for another elective term, security has formed joint intelligence and operations team to deter anticipated chaos. The 10 Joint Operation Units have reportedly been distributed to places near borders and districts where …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the report that was compiled by the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters led by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire will be studied with a view of turning its recommendation into law in a bid to streamline land issues in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP party President, Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi has welcomed US travel restrictions on some government officials for human rights violations. On Friday, the US Department of State announced a blanket travel ban on some unnamed Ugandan government officials for alleged gross human rights …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met the trade delegation from Kenya who are on a working visit to Uganda over efforts to revive the trade relations between the two countries. The officials from Kenya started their week-long trip to Uganda on Monday with a …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nyendo Township Market in Masaka city, is struggling to attract vendors four years after it was commissioned. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in April 2017 commissioned the market which was constructed at 13 billion Shillings obtained from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is yet to share detailed information revealing how pop-star turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, the former National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate engaged in rigging the January 14th, 2021 polls. Speaking during his nationwide address on Sunday evening, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police, Martin Ochola, has released a list of targets he intends to achieve in his new term. Ochola was last week approved by Parliament to serve another term. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on March 4, 2018 appointed Ochola to replace Gen. …
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Kanungu, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | The Water and Environment Ministry has repaired the Ntungwa river solar irrigation scheme in Kanungu district a few days after URN reported about it. The solar irrigation scheme, which commissioned in January 2019, is found in Kameme village in Kibimbiri parish in Kihihi sub-county. It was built …
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Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 850 Million Shillings fish project for youth in Kanungu district is lying idle. Located along Maizimera Road in Kihihi town council, the fish project which comprises eight fish ponds, six hatcheries and a machine to crush fish feeds was donated by President Yoweri Kaguta …
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