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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Finance Committee of Parliament has tasked Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority-UMRA crackdown on unscrupulous money lenders illegally operating in the country. This came up when the UMRA, Edith Tusubira appeared before the committee on Wednesday alongside the Microfinance State Minister, Haruna Kasolo to present their …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPEDNENT | Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) has just announced that the 5th President of the country John Magufuli is dead. The announcement was made Wednesday night by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who said Magufuli had been hospitalized at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Hundreds of different trees species covering an estimated 100 acres of land in Agago district have been destroyed by commercial charcoal dealers within the past two years, an environmental justice pressure group in Acholi sub-region has revealed.    The pressure group named Our Trees, We …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo says that he declined to recuse himself from the presidential election petition filed by Robert Kyagulanyi as demanded by city lawyer, Male Mabirizi because his application was malicious. He revealed this in his detailed judgment on an application filed by Mabirizi …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Vurra Sub County, Arua district have expressed fears of increased criminal acts due to limited police personnel. Vurra Sub County has only two police stations located at the Sub County headquarters and another at the Vurra Customs along the border between Uganda and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Jessy Lukwago, a university student wears a Mohawk hairstyle, a trendy style where more hair is left at the center of the head with shorter ones on the sides.   Every month he dashes to a salon to trim his fair and maintain his favourite hairstyle.  …

📌 The list of self-reported side affects includes ✳ Crying (43 cases) ✳ Flatulence (89) ✳ Eye Color change (3) ✳ Altered time perception (2) ✳ Electric Shock (2) ✳ Day dreaming (4) ✳ Anger (10) ✳ Tooth discoloration (1) ✳ Thirst (402 cases) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Because …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party will reach a consensus on the candidate for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker race. According to the Government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa, although all MPs in the party are free to express their interest and contest for the Speakership …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Bank of Uganda (BoU) has disagreed with the proposed amendments to Article 161 of the Constitution regarding the composition of the Central Bank’s Board of Directors. The Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda Michael Atingi-Ego accompanied by other Central Bank officials on Wednesday presented their position …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sports officials want the government to draft a special policy that favours players who miss national exams while representing the country in international competitions. This comes a few days after some youths missed their Uganda Certificate Examinations-UCE while representing the country in two international Youth …