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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Victims who were brutalized by security personnel during the January general elections are struggling to get justice. Protests broke out in different parts of Masaka shortly after the Electoral Commission declared the incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the winner of the presidential elections with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prospects Real Estates Agency has been running an advert of condominiums in Najjera-Buwatte on its social media pages: UGX 399 million for 3 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms, UGX 299 million for 2 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms and UGX 199 million for 1 bedroom with 1 …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The discovery of oil in the Albertine graben is altering the socio-economic profile of a once-sleepy town of Hoima now dubbed as oil city. While the discovery of oil in Albertine has raised fear of a likely resource curse, some residents in Hoima and Buliisa …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 250 families in Tororo are seeking parliament’s intervention to stop their impending eviction from land that they used as collateral to secure a loan from DFCU bank. The residents under the Kasoli Tenants Sacco Ltd acquired the loan in 2013 to construct …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA councillors are calling for an audit into the operations of firms contracted to collect garbage. The decision was taken during a meeting between the KCCA Standing Committee of Public Health and the three companies; Homklin Company Limited, Nabugabo Updeal and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has lauded Marie Stopes Uganda for their commitment and visible progress in increasing availability of affordable health services across Uganda. He made the remarks at the hybrid event to officially open the new Marie Stopes Specialized Hospital and Maternity …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joseph Balisanyuka, the Busia Chief Administrative Officer, John Rex Aachila, the Resident District Commissioner are among several officials and dignitaries who have been admitted after eating suspected poisonous food. The others casualties are Stephen Mugeni Wasike, the Busia district LC V chairman, Jimmy Ngolobe, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opening of the sale of shares of MTN Uganda to the public has caused a stir among Ugandans, especially on the possible risks and what some have assumed as the exclusion of the mobile money business from the deal. As a requirement by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A former top official in Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA has petitioned the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE to investigate irregularities surrounding the appointment of Fred Kanyogoga Bamwesigye, the new director-general of UCAA. In his October 11, 2021 petition, Jabbe Pascal Osinde Osudo, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There would be no need for social distancing when schools resume in November this year and January 2022 as planned by the Education and Sports Ministry, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed. He was responding to concerns raised by the Uganda National Teachers Union-UNATU regarding …