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✅ CEC meeting 11am TODAY ✅ NRM caucus elections 8.am TOMORROW Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  & URN |  Hours before the Central Executive Committee (CEC) meets and an NRM Parliamentary caucus election is held to determine the party’s candidate for Speaker and Deputy, Government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa has said MPS …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have held prayers for the Omoro County MP Jacob Oulanyah ahead of his contest for the position of Speaker of Parliament. Oulanyah who handed over the Deputy Speaker’s office on Wednesday seeks to unseat Kamuli Woman MP Rebecca Kadaga. On …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Museveni succession plot in Oulanyah – Kadaga battle: How Speakership race tested NRM and exposed the President THE LAST WORD A dangerous new world: How social media promotes radical extremism with a high …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court seeking to halt the recruitment process of judicial officers by Judicial Service Commission. Mabirizi in documents filed before the Civil Division wants an injunction restraining the Commission from proceeding with the process undertaken and decisions it has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools that are illegally occupying police land have until July 24 to vacate or face forceful eviction. This is based on instructions by the Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola for the eviction of all illegal settlements on police land, to pave way for a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A combined team of investigators has ruled out the possibility of kidnap in the death of Wakiso land dealer Samuel Musiitwa. Musiitwa was an elder brother of the late Star FM journalist Robert Kagolo. Musiitwa was found dead inside the car belonging to his wife Aanyu …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Environmentalists have filed a notice of appeal to contest a judgement dismissing an application challenging the giveaway of Bugoma central forest reserve for sugarcane growing. Last year, the Water and Environment Media Network, National Association of Professional Environmentalists-NAPE, and Africa Institute for Energy Governance sued the …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six armed Congolese militiamen have robbed 15 boat engines on Lake Albert. The attack happened at around 5am near Kaiso landing site in Mbegu parish, Kabaale sub-county, Hoima district. Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region Police Spokesperson says that the suspected Congolese militiamen that were dressed in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has started administering the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to persons who were inoculated during the first round that started in March. Persons who are eligible for the second dose should have received their first dose between March 10 and 24. All persons …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldier has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing a civilian in Hoima district. Private Solomon Baker Bakobe of the 11th Battalion was convicted by the First Division Infantry Court-Martial presided over by Col. Sam Mugyenyi during a session …