Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has started the process to compensate traders of St. Balikuddembe market – Owino and Nakawa Markets. In 2020, President Museveni directed the Minister of Kampala to with immediate effect remove from the government markets the Association leaders and supervise the sellers to elect …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) is demanding for the involvement of Ugandans in the negotiations on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and the Tilenga oil projects in the Albertine region. The call comes as Ugandan and Tanzanian leaders and their technocrats …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Late Archbishop of Kampala Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has been laid to rest, in Lubaga Cathedral, Kampala. Lwanga died in his room at Rubaga, in the precincts of the Cathedral on Saturday. The medical team that carried out the postmortem stated that he …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Then oil and gas development agreements between Uganda, Tanzania and the oil company, TOTAL SA are now set for April, following the death of John Pombe Magufuli, former president of Tanzania. “The launch of the Tilenga Development Project and the East African Oil Pipeline Project …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has paid tribute to the former Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli describing him as a dedicated servant of Tanzania, East Africa and Africa. Magufuli 61 died on Wednesday at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. His death was announced by the then Vice President …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo says that he declined to recuse himself from the presidential election petition filed by Robert Kyagulanyi as demanded by city lawyer, Male Mabirizi because his application was malicious. He revealed this in his detailed judgment on an application filed by Mabirizi …
Read More »Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale and Manafwa district officials are finding it hard to convince health workers about the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. During the launch of the exercise on Tuesday at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital and Bubulo Health Center IV respectively, district officials found it hard to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is exactly a 90 days ever since President Yoweri Museveni, appointed Maj Gen Paul Lokech as Deputy Inspector General of Police, to replace Maj Gen Stephen Muzeyi Sabiiti on December 16 last year. Gen Lokech in his congratulatory message to Ochola whose new three-year contract …
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Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of health practitioners in Rukungiri district under their umbrella body Uganda nurses and mid- wives union (UNMU) want the president of Uganda Yoweri Museveni vaccinated against Covid -19 using AstraZeneca vaccine. In an interview with URN, the health practitioners said that the president …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Premier Charles Peter Mayiga has asked the government to expedite the payment of 215 billion Shillings to the cultural institution for the property that was taken over by the government after the abolition of cultural institutions. The money also covers compensation for land and …
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