Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has brushed off concern by some Members of Parliament on the continued absence of her deputy, Jacob Oulanyah. Oulanyah has not chaired any parliamentary session for over a year now, raising concerns from some legislators. Oulanyah last chaired …
Read More »Gov’t fails to table list of abduction victims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has allowed individual members of parliament to present lists of missing people from their constituencies. She made the decision after the Internal Affairs Minister; Gen. Jeje Odongo failed to show up to present the list of people in state …
Read More »Mbale city woman MP polls: Wanyoto runs to high court
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lydia Wanyoto Mutende, the former National Resistance Movement party Mbale City Woman parliamentary candidate has petitioned high court challenging the victory of her rival, Connie Nakayenze Galiwango. Through her lawyer, Eddy Nagoli, Wanyoto accuses the Electoral Commission of failure to conduct a free and fair …
Read More »South Sudanese national loses US $350,000 in scam
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A South Sudan national has lost US$350,000 about Shillings one billion to fraudsters in the city suburbs of Munyonyo. Charles Twine, the Spokesperson of the Criminal investigations Department-CID, says the victim only identified as Malisa lost money in a fake dollar scam involving four fraudsters. …
Read More »Committee queries ULC land payments worth UGX 43Bn
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Land Commission-ULC officials on Tuesday found a hard time to account for over Shillings 43.5billion spent on several land compensation issues in the financial year 2016/2017. The ULC officials had appeared before the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to respond …
Read More »JEEMA undecided on attending IPOD summit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Justice Forum Party is undecided on whether to attend the 3rd summit of Inter-Party Organisation for Dialogue-IPOD. The summit scheduled for Friday this week at Kololo Independence grounds shall be chaired by the National Resistance Movement- NRM Chairman Yoweri Museveni. The summit that brings …
Read More »Deputy Speaker Oulanyah to preside finally over Parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has brushed off concern by some Members of Parliament on the continued absence of her deputy, Jacob Oulanyah. Oulanyah has not chaired any parliamentary session for over a year now, raising concerns from some legislators. Oulanyah last chaired …
Read More »Bududa residents complain over appalling NUSAF roads
Bududa , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bumayoka and Bushiribo sub-counties in Bududa district are complaining over the poor state of Northern Uganda Social Action Fund -NUSAF roads in the district. In 2019, Bududa district received over 160 million shillings from the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund program for …
Read More »Oil palm growing threatening food security in Buvuma
Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several people in Buvuma district have taken to oil palm growing at the expense of food growing. Fishing and subsistence farming were the mainstay of Buvuma residents prior to the introduction of oil palm growing. However, the residents have surrendered the biggest part of the …
Read More »Three arrested over murder and aggrevated robbery
Kakumiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kakumiro are holding three suspects for allegedly strangling to death a boda boda rider before robbing his motorcycle. The suspects whose particulars have been concealed by police for fear of jeopardizing police investigations are accused of waylaying Adam Baguma 20, a boda boda …
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