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Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Naming and shaming the perpetrators of environmental degradation is the only way for National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and National Forestry Authority (NFA) to control the rate at which natural resources are getting depleted, the Wakiso LC5 chairperson has said. Matiya Lwanga Bwanika says that …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |Professor Sabiti Makara a Political Science lecturer at Makerere University says Uganda has failed to consolidate its Democracy. Prof. Makara says the country merely practices Electoral democracy which is a ritual of elections every five years. Prof. Makara was delivering a keynote address on Thursday …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development Goretti Kitutu has asked companies involved in the electricity sector to work reduce the cost of power.  The minister notes that the tariffs have remained high because the costs of doing business were high which made it hard …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has distanced itself from allegations that it has allowed candidates to place campaign posters in public places including the electoral commission offices. The Commission says that they cannot allow a poster on their premises because they do not promote the candidature of …

  Burial – James Odongo Arch.Emeritus Tororo ✳ Dec 6 – Requiem Mass Lubaga Cathedral 3.30pm ✳ Dec 7 – Body St. Austin, Mbale 3pm ✳ Dec 8 – Requiem Mass St Austin 12.00pm ✳ Dec 8 – Body Cathedral Tororo 4pm ✳ Dec 9 – Mass of Christian burial …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank spells a gloomy picture of Uganda’s economy this year, urging the government to mind its spending plans and increase the domestic revenue mobilization. The 16th Uganda Economic Update shows that Uganda’s economy will contract by 1 percent in the calendar year 2020, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has issued a revised calendar marking major events including semesters, graduation, holidays and recess. The move follows the unprecedented nationwide closure of academic institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic which affected the academic calendar. The revised calendar was approved by the University Senate …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has extended the contract of Face Technologies that is mandated to issue driving permits.   On Tuesday, the Ministry of Works and Transport said that all its regional driving permits issuance offices at Jinja, Mbale Gulu, Arua, Fort Portal and Mbarara would be closed …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has finalized its application to join countries and organizations globally that are pooling together resources to fast track the development, production and procurement of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. According to Dr Alfred Driwale who heads the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunisation (UNEPI) …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Independent Presidential candidate Nancy Linda Kalembe has promised a comprehensive reparation program to survivors of the Lord’s Resistance Army – LRA rebels atrocities. Kalembe, who, since Tuesday has been meeting small groups of people in Acholi to back up her bid for President in 2021 …