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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Musa Khalil, the newly appointed acting Northern regional assistant to the Mufti has vowed to bring unity and more development to Lango. Sheikh Khalil was recently appointed by Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, the Mufti of Uganda to replace Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Hussein who was sacked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The month-long probe by the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) on Uganda Airlines has concluded. On Thursday, 15 September 2022, COSASE held their last meeting with management of Uganda Airlines led by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jennifer Bamuturaki, on the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An expert study on the status of cyber-security reveals wide-ranging levels of vulnerability at leading organisations that handle large volumes of personal data. The study done over the last two years by Peter Bill Kisitu, a cyber-security analyst and researcher at BitSight, a cybersecurity …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has remanded a businessman on charges of obtaining money by false pretence from a judicial officer. Bamwesigye Willis Mbabazi, a resident of Jinja Karoli, Nabweru Division in Nansana Municipality, has been arraigned before the Court presided over by Grade …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Police officer who was arrested for shooting dead a businessman in Namugongo in Wakiso District has been remanded to Luzira Prison. It is alleged that on August 13 this year, Lamech Owor, an Assistant Superintendent of Police – ASP shot Bryan Ssebyala a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY European bias against EACOP: Don’t dismiss it. Disprove it THE LAST WORD Inside Museveni’s private favours: How the president’s approach of allocating favours to individual firms has undermined the development of a robust …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A supporter of the National Unity Platform (NUP) has been remanded to Luzira Prison on charges related to celebrating the death of General Elly Tumwine. Bashir Kasagga has on Friday been arraigned before Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate Marion Mangeni and with five counts …

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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A mother and her two children have died after a school perimeter wall collapsed on their grass thatched building in Kasubi A Central Village, Bardege-Layibi Division in Gulu City. The perimeter wall belonging to Christ the Center Ministries Nursery and Primary School reportedly collapsed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Hajjat Minsa Kabanda has directed Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to enforce the return of taxis playing Entebbe to Usafi and Kisenyi parks. Addressing the media at the Uganda Media Center, Kabanda said that they held a meeting …