Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kabale have arrested six traders for allegedly selling adulterated fish. The suspects were identified as Angella Kyarimpa, 42, Mary Tumushabe, 29, Dorris Ndyamuhaki, 25, Constance Kukundakwe, 26, Pamella Tumwebaze, 23, and Claire Amutuheire, 20. The suspects are all fish dealers in the police …
Read More »Taxi drivers shun Usafi park, opt to operate on streets
Drivers abandoned the park because many passengers had difficulty walking from the city centre to Usafi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tens of taxi drivers have continued to operate outside Usafi taxi park years after it was constructed by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and commissioned for use. KCCA had directed …
Read More »Buildings should be sued until owners prove source of income – DPP
Sue buildings as proceeds of corruption and let somebody who thinks otherwise prove it wrong Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Charles Elem-Ogwal is seeking a forceful lifting of the veil to ownership of buildings suspected to be built with proceeds of corruption. Ogwal who …
Read More »Gulu University elections tribunal adjourns hearing of petition
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University students’ elections tribunal has adjourned the hearing of the election petition by the former guild aspirant Thomas Lapyem Awany. Lapyem demanded fresh elections over allegations of irregularities. He claimed that the election was unconstitutional and breached Articles 15, 16 and 93 of the …
Read More »Uganda’s debt hits 50 percent of GDP as CSOs call for debt cancellation
Debt repayment and payment of interest should be channeled from tax revenues Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government remains adamant about the debt burden on the country despite now having exceeded the dreaded level of 50% of the value of the economy (GDP), according to the latest records. The …
Read More »PAC demands accountability for UGX 2.8Bn UNDP funding
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has directed the accounting officer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to present performance and accountability reports regarding the funding of a UNDP supported project. The committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi was meeting Under-Secretary Lynette Bagonza …
Read More »UNMEB records cases of malpractice, Covid-19 locks out 123 candidates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Nurses and Midwifery Examinations Board-UNMEB has recorded its second case of examination malpractices in the December 2020 examinations. According to the results issued on Thursday afternoon at Statehouse Entebbe, the board recorded eight cases of malpractice. Helen Mukakarisa Kataratambi, the Executive Secretary UNMEB …
Read More »DPP withdraws charges against Maj. Kiggundu’s suspected killers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Jane Frances Abodo, the Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn terrorism charges against eleven people who were accused of killing Major Muhammad Kiggundu in 2017. The suspects are Abdulaziz Abdushakur Musoke, Sulaiman Wayaba alias Bashir Lukenge, Bashir Nyangisho alias Abdallah Katata Byansi alias Abdallah …
Read More »Kyambogo land saga: Claimants agree on joint survey
Minister for Lands Beti Kamya has directed the Commissioner Survey and Mapping to conduct a joint site survey to establish the interests of all the claimants. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four institutions involved in the Kyambogo land saga have agreed to conduct a joint land survey. The Buganda Kingdom, …
Read More »Embattled Masaka district Kadhi declines to vacate office
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The embattled Kadhi of Masaka Muslim district, Sheikh Buruhane Bagunduse has declined to handover office to pave way for investigations into the allegations of incompetence leveled against him, saying his suspension didn’t follow the laid down procedures. It comes a few hours after Sheikh Muhammad …
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