Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Meera Investments Limited owned by businessman Sudhir Ruparelia has acquired yet another building in town- Simbamanyo house after the owner allegedly failed to finance his loan. The building which houses the Ministry of Gender offices, Kampala Imaging Centre among others was initially owned by …
Read More »Fort Portal city councilors protest lack of council sittings
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Councillors in Fort Portal tourism city are protesting the lack of council sessions since the operationalization of the city. In April, Parliament approved the creation of 15 new cities and 10 of these became operational effective July 1. They include Fort Portal, Arua, Jinja, …
Read More »Hundreds attend prayers at Kibuli mosque in disregard to Covid-19 guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Administrators at Kibuli mosque have allowed more than 70 congregants to attend jummah prayers today. The government had restricted places of worship to only 70 congregants at a time as a pre-condition for their reopening after more than six months of inactivity. The places …
Read More »Ntoroko residents struggle to contain flooding waters
Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 residents of Kanara and Bweramule sub-counties in Ntoroko district are living in deplorable conditions as water emerging from Lake Albert continues to submerge their areas. According to area leaders, the water levels have been rising since January and continued to displace …
Read More »Health ministry stops tracing COVID-19 patient contacts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 10 percent of the contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19 are currently being picked according to the Ministry of Health and these include only those who develop signs and symptoms consistent with the virus. While the Ministry used to trace and isolate …
Read More »Kyagulanyi asks court to reject Kibalama’s evidence in NUP formation case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP party leader Robert Kyagulanyi has asked the High Court to reject additional evidence by the former leaders of National Unity Reconciliation and Development party -NURP, Moses Kibalama and Paul Simbwa. The case stems from a suit filed by two founding …
Read More »Don’t vote politicians who derail COVID-19 fight – PSFU
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) has called on politicians to take politics out of the Covid-19 pandemic and get serious about fighting it, if they are to prove their worth of being leaders. PSFU executive director Gideon Badagawa is particularly angered that the politicians …
Read More »Headteachers concerned about slow pace of inspection
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headteachers in Kawempe division have expressed concern about the slow pace of inspection ahead of the scheduled reopening of schools. The Ministry of Education and Sports is supposed to inspect all educational institutions for candidates and finalists to measure their readiness and ability to …
Read More »UIA forms team to monitor COVID-19 SOPs in industrial parks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Investment Authority has formed a special task force to monitor COVID-19 standard operating procedures within factories at Namanve and Mbalala industrial park. The task force will be operating under the Mukono district task force to ensure implementation of spacing guidelines within working areas, …
Read More »Bunyoro Kingdom premier under pressure to resign over Bugoma forest giveaway
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society organizations-CSOs are demanding for the resignation of Andrew Byakutaga, the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom prime minister and the entire Kingdom cabinet over the giveaway of Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district to Hoima sugar limited. The CSOs say the prime minister and the …
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