Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Organized criminal gangs are behind the recent attacks on security personnel and installations, the Internal Affairs Minister, General Kahinda Otafiire has revealed. According to Otafiire, the attacks do not indicate a manifestation of rebel activities in the country. He told URN in an interview in …
Read More »University student remanded for defiling 13 year old girl
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mukono Chief Magistrate, Racheal Nakyazze has remanded a 21- year-old man to Kauga prison for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. Aaron Wasswa, a student of Community Development at Kyambogo University was arrested last month for defiling the victim, a pupil at Ssekiboobo primary school. …
Read More »Tayebwa wants govt to fund religious institutions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has called on government to finance religious institutions as a way of safeguarding citizens from groups promoting lesbianism, bisexual, gay and transgender (LGBT) relations. Tayebwa said that his recent experience at the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of African, Caribbean and …
Read More »ACME calls for private sector support towards quality journalism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Center for Media Excellence-ACME has appealed to the private sector to support efforts geared towards the growth and development of quality journalism in Uganda since it is a key pillar for society development. According to Dr. George Lugalambi, the ACME Executive Director, anyone …
Read More »Deputy Speaker pledges more support to Cancer Institute
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has pledged more financial support to the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) to enable it improve the treatment of cancer. Tayebwa, who paid a courtesy visit to the facility, said that with proper funding and required equipment in place, …
Read More »Two arrested over alleged theft of drugs in Arua city
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two women in Ayivu West division, Arua city have been arrested for the alleged theft of drugs from Adumi health centre IV. The suspects are Antoniata Nyakuru, 43, a midwife at Adumi health centre IV, and Judith Atako, 30 years, a resident of Ambala cell, …
Read More »Janet Museveni commends Stanbic, House of Lords UK representative for backing women-led enterprises
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni, has applauded Stanbic Bank Uganda and a British Peer, Baroness Verma, for backing women-led enterprises with networking and skilling sessions which, she said can help accelerate growth of their businesses. She was speaking virtually on …
Read More »Man apologises for murder of Makerere University student
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dickens Agumeneitwe, a suspect in the murder of Makerere University student Jackline Nakabembe, has asked for pardon, saying that he never intended to kill her even after a disagreement between them. Nakabembe was reported missing for more than a month in October until her …
Read More »Museveni asks Parliament to reconsider Museum and Monuments Act
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has withheld his assent and sent the Museum and Monuments Act 2022 back to Parliament for reconsideration. The Museum and Monuments Act, which seeks to consolidate and reform the law relating to cultural and natural heritage, to strengthen the administrative structures for the …
Read More »PAC questions high failure rate at Makerere’s LDC
Only 20% of students passed the Bar Course in the academic year 2019/2020 and in the academic year 2020/2021, 42% passed Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee – PAC has questioned officials from the Law Development Centre (LDC) over the reported high level of student failures. …
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