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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption High Court Division in Kampala has handed yet another 15-year jail sentence to Geoffrey Kazinda, the former principal accountant at the Office of the Prime Minister. Justice Margret Tibulya Kazinda found Kazinda guilty on the three charges of accumulating abnormal wealth (illicit enrichment) …

  Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The first fundraising event for the proposed Tororo Broadcasting Network (TBN) will be held today, with a target to raise sh100 million. Kwar Adhola Stephen Moses Owor will be the chief guest at the fundraiser at his palace in Tororo. Organisers say the fundraising …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans should not be swayed by emotions when voting Presidential and Parliamentary candidates says presidential candidate, Major General Mugisha Muntu Gregg. The Alliance For National Transformation (ANT) presidential candidate says emotions can lead voters into choices that could be contrary to the country’s interests. Retired …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two National Unity Platform- NUP party coordinators in Mbarara city have been charged and granted bail. The two are Pius Twesigye and Bright Muhumuza who is also the NUP party flag bearer for the Mbarara city South MP seat. They were charged alongside the chairperson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has cleared National Unity Platform Party-NUP to have their manifesto launch ceremony at Kakyeeka stadium, Uganda Radio Network has learnt. Permission was granted on Friday after both the police and NUP leadership took a tour and held a meeting within the stadium premises that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 6.5 million long lasting treated mosquito nets will be distributed in the second phase starting tomorrow. The nets will be distributed in Buganda, Teso and Karamoja regions. A total of 39 districts are expected to benefit from the second phase of the …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s top tourism destination, Queen Elizabeth National Park is also being used to generate recreational substances whose earnings are not reflected in the country’s tourism revenues. What is arguably the country’s largest narcotics farm has today been discovered by a combined team of two …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces have mounted three roadblocks in Mbarara city along the Mbarara-Masaka road. Three of the unusual roadblocks have been mounted at Biharwe, at the weighbridge and Sanga. Earlier, the roadblock was manned by traffic police and URA was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom is mourning the death of Professor Yoramu Barongo, the former kingdom primer minister. Barongo died on Friday at his home in Muyenga Kampala after battling high blood pressure. Barongo served as Bunyoro Kingdom Prime Minister from 1994 to 1999. He was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eighty-three percent of the people who presented themselves for recruitment into the Uganda Police Force as Probationary Police Constables (PPCs) in Oyam district were found to be too old or too under-educated for the police training. Some didn’t even have National Identity Cards and presented …