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Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Magistrate court in Mpigi has remanded a 36 year old man for the alleged murder of a Catholic priest in Gomba district. Vincent Katumba was on Wednesday remanded by Grade One Magistrate Maureen Mukoya. Dressed in a black jacket and a pair of blue …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The majority of ambushes on Ugandan truckers in South Sudan have occurred on vehicles that do not respect arrangements on the movement of convoys. Government records show that 14 Ugandans were killed in South Sudan between May and August 2021. They include; Ali Mark Sony, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has expressed concern over the continued absence of a malaria vaccine despite years of research into the disease control and prevention. Speaking at a meeting organized by Harvard University on Wednesday where China and Sri Lanka shared best practices on how they have …

  Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT REPORTER |  Uganda Breweries Limited unveiled the inaugural East African Breweries Limited (EABL) Sustainability Report to the government, the media and the public. The report, which was released by all three subsidiaries under EABL (Uganda Breweries, Kenya Breweries and Serengeti Breweries) is meant to highlight …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Matia Kasaija has appointed a new Board of Directors for the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for the next three years effective September 01, 2021. The new NSSF board is headed by Dr. Peter Kimbowa, a …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have queried governments’ ongoing move to merge and rationalize public institutions and agencies, calling it a rushed and poorly planned process. The legislators raised concern regarding government’s exploration of the legal and financial ramifications involved in the process while responding to a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents are excited at the news that the government is considering reopening schools in the near future. Initial reports indicated that schools would reopen within two weeks. Ugandan learners have had more than 18 months of a distorted school calendar following closures that started in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID have recovered Shillings 600 milllion believed to have been siphoned from the Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation-UPPC. The money is part of the Shillings 3 billion embezzled from the government-owned corporation through a fictitious Commission agent. CID Spokesperson Charles Twine says that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has found Margaret Etuusa Loy Lubega, the Makerere University deputy academic registrar in charge of Certificates, Ceremonies and Publications guilty of four counts of abuse of office. Justice Margaret Tibulya delivered the verdict after finding Etuusa guilty of fraudulently …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business leaders and experts have cast doubt on whether the East African Community will benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, that took effect January 1 this year. The AfCFTA is a trading arrangement supported by 54 African countries to create a single …