The government needs to invest in tourism and fishing activities near the dam Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Returning to Kayunga District after nearly a decade of absence, one could easily be astonished with the rapid transformations. The once dusty and potholed roads as well as the run-down structures …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament on Tuesday afternoon voted to approve a government request to borrow sh2.43 trillion to finance a budget shortfall realized a few months into the current financial year 2019/2020. This followed a heated debate on the report by Parliament’s National Economy Committee that recommended …
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Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan has agreed to hand ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir and others to the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, a member of Khartoum’s ruling body said Tuesday. The Hague-based ICC has charged Bashir and three of his former aides with genocide, crimes …
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Why government faces dilemma in fighting human trafficking Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | When Bernadette Akampurira went to Jordan, an Arab country in the Middle East region, in search of the proverbial green pastures in March last year, she was hopeful. She was one of the thousands of Ugandans …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two helicopters have landed at Kololo grounds to airlift tons of pesticides headed to control the locust invasion in north eastern Uganda. The Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda on Sunday said the country is “reasonably prepared” to respond to the invasion of the desert …
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Welcome to the era of `deep fakes’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Jan.21 Kayunga District Woman MP, Aida Nantaba, told Parliament that the killers of former Butaleja District Woman MP Cerinah Nebanda have attempted to kill her. She said Nebanda’s mother had warned her of the killers. “I …
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Panic over jump from Shs400bn to Shs870bn Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | How serious is the government claim that it does not have money to fund the 2021 general elections? That is the question raised by the latest appearances before parliament on the issue of Minister of Finance Matia …
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Kampala, Uganda | AFP | A locust infestation sweeping the Horn of Africa reached Uganda on Sunday, a government minister said as the prime minister convened an emergency meeting to address the pest invasion. “The locusts entered Uganda today” from Kenya, said Moses Kizige, the minister in charge of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has put out a fire that occurred after a massive explosion that occurred 9.00pm Sunday, in Kikulu Zone, kikaya in Kisasi. The Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Luke Oweyesigire, says preliminary information indicates that the fire started from a house that had several gas …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s second president Daniel arap Moi took power promising peace, love and unity, but ended up mired in graft scandals, stifling democracy and fanning the dangerous embers of tribalism. Leading Kenya from 1978-2002 with an iron fist, his 24-year reign was infamous for torture, corruption, the …
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