NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government plans to collect 22.63 trillion Shillings with over 20.83 trillion coming from tax revenue in the coming financial year 2021/2022. This is to help finance the 44.77 trillion Shillings budget passed by parliament. The approved budget is a decrease by 714.9 billion (1.6 percent) compared …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kasese district are holding a 28-year old woman accused of stealing a 3 weeks year old baby. The suspect is Loice Katusiime, a resident of Kidodo, Kasese municipality and is now being held at Kasese central police station. The child belongs to Nelia Nyakato …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifteen government entities failed to spend funds totaling 951 billion shillings appropriated in the current budget for the financial year 2020/2021. The funds are reported to have been unspent by December 2020. Amos Lugoloobi, the chairman of the Budget Committee of Parliament said in a report …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in parliament have raised a red flag over the move by government to reduce financial allocations to the agriculture sector in the coming financial year 2021/2022. Equally distressed by the budget is the the Minister of State for Animal Industry Bright Rwamirama. Parliament on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved the implementation of the Parish Development Model. The model will start operation in a phased approach with preliminary activities for the establishment of the necessary support structures and systems. Key among the activities is the recruitment of Parish Chiefs, establishment and training of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has ordered for the immediate arrest and prosecution of city businessman, Brian Kirumira also known as Brian White on charges of trafficking in persons. The directive follows an inquiry by Parliament’s Human Rights Committee, whose findings indicate that Kirumira sexually harassed a number of girls, …

Drug outlets closed were trading in expired drugs and involved in relabeling, packaging of medicines Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) has closed at least 249 drug outlets in Western Uganda. The outlets were closed during an enforcement operation that started on April 26, 2021, and ended on …

Peter Wandera is currently in police cells at Busia central police station Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busia district have arrested a man suspected to have poisoned his own two month-old baby while they were in Masafu hospital. The suspect has been identified as Peter Wandera, a 27 year-old …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the National Unity Platform Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has appealed to members of his party, who were elected at different local government levels to stop fighting for leadership positions. Speaking to a delegation of local government leaders from Wakiso district today at his home …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Stanbic Bank Uganda has announced the regional finalists of the National Schools Championship 2021, the bank’s executives said in a notice sent to The Independent on May 07. This competition was started in 2015 as a corporate social investment programme aimed at equipping students with …