Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has ruled that the former Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines Cornwell Muleya who is accused of disobedience of orders requiring him to record a statement has a case to answer. On Friday, the court presided over by Grade …
Read More »Priest calls for canonization of Benedicto Kiwanuka
Rubaga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A priest has proposed that Uganda’s first Chief Justice Benedicto Kiwanuka be canonized as a saint. Kiwanuka was kidnapped in 1972 from his High Court Office in Kampala and reportedly murdered by the former President of Uganda, Idi Amin Dada. 50 years since his …
Read More »OIL AND GAS: Government finally agrees to disclose agreements
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The sticking issue of the secrecy around the oil Production Sharing Agreement has kept Ugandans unable to get the answer to the question of how much the country will get from the oil and gas sector. The failure by the government to disclose the …
Read More »Kenyan national arrested over theft of UGX 22M
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyan National Anthony Ngigi is locked up at Luwero central police station for the alleged theft of 22 million Shillings from the director of the Catholic church education center. Ngigi who hails from Mangu village in Kiambu County, Thika district in Kenya is accused of stealing …
Read More »Gov’t needs Shs2 trillion for war claims compensation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government requires Shs2 trillion to compensate victims of wars and insurgencies in Northern and Eastern Uganda, West Nile and the Elgon sub region, the Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi has said. Kafuuzi told the Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation presided over by the vice-chairperson, Joseph …
Read More »ICT Minister Kabbyanga hails Ugandan innovators as he launches Xente Visa Business Cards
Xente Launches Visa Business Cards in Partnership with Visa Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Godfrey Kabbyanga Baluku, State Minister for ICT and National Guidance, has said that by Xente attracting a partnership with Visa – the world’s leader in digital payments – Ugandan innovators have shown they can have an …
Read More »Security guard brutally murdered in Kireka
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified assailants have killed Bernard Nalulu, a guard from SEK security services limited in Kireka, Kira municipality in Wakiso district. Residents found Nalulu’s body outside the perimeter wall of Hajji Medie Ssebunya, a resident of Kamuli-C zone in Kireka town on Thursday morning. Some of the …
Read More »Environmentalists want conservation campaigns integrated in education curriculum
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Environmental activists are demanding for direct integration of nature conservation campaigns into the school’s education curriculum to mitigate climate change effects. Reverend Father James Ssendege, the Board Chairperson for Masaka Recycling Initiative-MRI; a local volunteers association that promotes proper disposal and management of plastic waste says …
Read More »Casual workers considered in new Employment Bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2022 that seeks to among others regulate the employment of casual workers, has been re-tabled for First Reading. The bill was tabled by Margaret Rwabushaija during plenary sitting on Wednesday, 21 September 2022. According to the bill, the current Employment Act only …
Read More »Woman in Mukono detained over child sacrifice
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Esther Nankya, 29, a resident of Kikubankima in Mukono municipality is in police custody on allegations of killing her two children in suspected human rituals. The deceased children are Shaban Kamoga, 6 years and Ramathan Lubega, 3 years. It is alleged that the minor’s father …
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