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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Auditor General’s office is one month behind the schedule of submitting the much-awaited 2019/2020 financial year audit report to parliament. The report for the financial year ended June 30, 2020, was expected by  December 31, 2020. Under the Constitution and the National Audit Act, …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Two of the three suspects who were arrested for killing a Special Police Constable (SPC) Gracious Byaryabakabu, have been transferred to the army’s second Division headquarters in Mbarara, from where they will be arraigned before the General Court martial. Byaryabakabu,59, was killed on January 27, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  President Yoweri Museveni has defended his government’s decision to shut down the internet, days before the January 14 general election. This is in an affidavit filed in response to a petition by Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu, his main challenger in the just concluded elections. In his …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Members of Parliament have asked the government to explain circumstances under which Tobacco farmers from Bunyoro sub-region, who are owed money by private companies will be paid off.     The matter follows a supplementary budget request of 291 billion Shillings, which among others, proposes an …

Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  A Section of parents in Busia district is taking lower Primary school children to Kenyan schools, following uncertainty in Uganda, where their return to school remains tardy.   Schools in Kenya reopened in the first week of January after being closed for nine months to contain …

Pader, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The newly distributed long-lasting Mosquito nets are already being used as fishing gear among locals in Pader district. Area leaders have said that the vice is more pronounced in the areas of Ogom Sub-county, neighbouring Agago river. Pader District received a total of 129,120 pieces …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  A cross-section of people in Northern Uganda is calling for a lighter sentence or even a pardon for Dominic Ongwen, one of the commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army who was convicted for war crimes and Crimes against Humanity. Ongwen was the first LRA commander …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  | Police in Masaka have arrested two people for allegedly circulating leaflets with messages that are demeaning the person of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.     The pink-coloured leaflets with Museveni’s cross-stroked-picture started circulating last week in Masaka City and nearby communities. They are inscribed with messages branding …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  | The Ministry of Education and Sports has said that as schools reopen for Non-Candidates, the main focus will be put on covering the required content and syllabus for different classes rather than tracing the lost calendar.    The Ministry was responding to concerns raised earlier …

  Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Public Health experts have cautioned that it may not be possible for Uganda to receive its initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the month and start vaccinating people in March, as earlier stated by President Yoweri Museveni. Prof Freddie …