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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The National Basketball League will finally start this weekend April 17th after a year without action. Ten teams have registered to participate in the League. This year’s edition of National Basketball League will be played using a different format. Hudson Segamwenge, the Vice President of …

Broker Okia says that he helps up to 15  people on a daily basis, and can collect up to 750,000 Shillings on a good day Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The services of the National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) have been hijacked by brokers who are now making millions from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Police Crime Intelligence Unit is investigating how consignments of factory-made catapults  were illegally imported into the country. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga suspects that the people who imported the catapults intend to use them as tools of violence. He says that the catapults are capable …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA council has resolved to rename Nsambya Estates Road after the late Archbishop of Kampala Diocese Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga. Lwanga died in his room at Rubaga, in the precincts of the Cathedral on April 6.  The medical team that carried out …

  Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Two suspects who pleaded guilty to killing six lions and ten vultures before the Utilities, Wildlife and Standards Court in Kampala have made a U-turn. They are Vincent Tumuhirwe and Robert Ariyo, a farmer and Boda Boda rider respectively from Kanungu District. The two …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ugandan government rejected a China Exim Bank proposal to use revenue from Oil to pay for a loan to build the planned Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). This is according to information shared by Works and Transport Minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala in a meeting …

Not Under Our Watch: Greenpeace Africa responds to oil pipeline deal Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  Greenpeace Africa has described news that Uganda and Tanzania have finalised plans to build an oil pipeline from Hoima to Tanga as a ‘neo-colonial project that has vast environmental and climate risks’. Uganda, Tanzania …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Finance has unveiled a new Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS), aimed at ensuring value for money from the loans that are being borrowed for the next financial year.  The plan specifies how the government plans to structure its debt portfolio in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Court clerks and support staff will soon start wearing distinct uniforms as part of the efforts by the judiciary to stamp out corruption.  The purple uniform that was officially unveiled by the Permanent Secretary to the Judiciary, Pius Bigirimana and Judiciary Chief Registrar, Sarah Langa …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Education authorities in Gulu have expressed concern about the reduction in the number of candidates sitting for the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education – UACE.  Only 889 students registered for the exams compared to over 1,200 candidates in the previous 2019 and previous years.  Churchill …