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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reformed youth leaders in Jinja city have asked the government to empower them so as to lead decent lives. The reformed youth leaders told Jinja city officers at Walukuba community grounds on Saturday that most of their members came to towns as street children, grew …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Akali sub-county in Kwania district has passed a bylaw to promote cassava growing. Under the new bylaw dubbed “Cassava bylaw,” every household in the sub-county is required to grow at least an acre of cassava or face a fine of Shillings 100,000. The proposal to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Allan Ssewanyana, the Makindye West Member of Parliament couldn’t make it into the premises of the International Crimes Division High Court in Kololo due to ill health. The legislator was ferried to the court in a white Alphard vehicle on Monday morning. His lawyer, Samuel …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has finalised a draft bill to repeal the Engineer’s Registration Act 1969, with the aim of ensuring better regulation of the sector. According to Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, the Minister for Works and Transport, the Act is too outdated to cater to the …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers from Nakasongola District are seeking Parliament’s intervention in a case where they say the National Forest Authority (NFA) has blocked them from accessing nine public water dams. The farmers who were led by their area Member of Parliament, Noah Mutebi Wanzala said that the …

Ngora, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least five leaders of the Christ Disciples Church in Ngora district are in police custody over the alleged disappearance of several church members. Their arrest came after the East Kyoga police leadership that oversees districts in the Teso sub-region, issued a statement on Thursday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the National Sports Bill, 2022 that will establish the National Anti-Doping Organisation in Uganda, in accordance with requirements of the World Anti-Doping Code. The Bill was passed by the House in a sitting chaired by Speaker Anita Among on Thursday, 02 March …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Karamoja Affairs, Mary Goretti Kitutu has apologised over management of iron sheets meant for Karamoja region. Kitutu who was on Friday, 03 March 2023 appearing before the Committee on Presidential Affairs admitted that the iron sheets meant for the vulnerable people of …

Kibito, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the ministry of lands has handed over certificate of titles to more than 5,000 residents of Bunyangabu district. Government in 2009 and 2022 purchased block 44 plot 2 in Kibito Town Council and block 32 plot 1 in Nyakigumba respectively from the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament select committee investigating the operations of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has dismissed allegations of financial loss on select investment projects in their report tabled in Parliament on March 1, 2023. These projects include the investment in MTN, Quality Chemicals, construction …