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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors are vacating Kitooro market over the high market rates. The market has 1,075 spaces for stalls and lock-up shops but there are less than 330 vendors occupying the space, despite the council projecting to collect over one billion shillings from rent by end of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on Human Rights are concerned about the way inmates are paid after they have offered manual labour outside the prisons. The legislators raised the concerns while meeting officials from the Uganda Prison Service. The meeting on Tuesday, 26 July 2022, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busiro North Member of Parliament Paul Nsubuga is in trouble for skipping his trial for alleged phone theft. The Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Siena Owomugisha has issued an arrest warrant for the legislator to face trial. Owomugisha issued the arrest warrant after the …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Child and Family Protection Unit at Arua Central Police Station has raised alarm over the rising cases of child neglect. According to records at the unit, at least 175 cases have been recorded over the past six months, which is higher compared to less …

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Members of Parliament participated in a Parliamentary Scrutiny and Communications Workshop delivered jointly by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK (CPA UK), the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), UN Women, and the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA), and completed their mentorship programme in Entebbe on July …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police Professional Standards Unit (PSU) has recommended a disciplinary trial of 15 police officers over engagement in bribery, corruption and scandalous activities. PSU has been probing four separate incidents involving more than 30 police officers since June after they were reported by victims of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The milk industry has been one of the most stable and fastest growing of the country’s production sectors in recent years but claims of unsafety of the products last week have unnerved the industry leaders. While appearing on television, Dr Sylvia Anguabua Baluka, a Makerere …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several Congolese refugee children in Kisoro district are battling malnutrition. The children are among thousands of refugees who fled Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province following the outbreak of heavy fighting between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and Congolese government troops. On June 13, 2022, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government-IG has recovered Shillings 12.6 billion in the past 8 months, the Inspector General of Government-IG Beti Olive Kamya has revealed. According to Kamya, the money was recovered from corrupt government departments and individuals. In June 2022, 45 officials from the Ministry …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture to allocate Turkish firm Beyler Group, 15 acres of land in Entebbe for the construction of a hospital. In his June 20th letter to Tumwebaze, Museveni says the Turkish Investment Group has committed …