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Amolatar, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Fishermen in Kampala landing site, Amolatar District are counting loses despite the resumption of fishing on Lake Kyoga.  Last month, fishing resumed on Lake Kyoga after the ban which was imposed by the government to enable the upgrade of fishing gears and materials like boats …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Tourism Board is yet to utilize an offer from India for the construction of the Mahatma Gandhi Heritage Centre.  The donation was announced when the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visited Uganda in 2018, in commemoration of the Asian country’s 150th-anniversary celebrations. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Over 50 drivers working with Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA want the authority to award them long-term contracts. For more than ten years, the drivers been operating on four months renewable contract which they say makes their future uncertain. Their current contracts expire on 31st October …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Accusations of bribery, tax evasion and influence peddling have come back to haunt a swiss based vehicle Inspection firm, SGS as parliament continues an inquiry into the Mandatory Motor Vehicle Inspection program. The matters resurfaced this morning when Kanvaly Bamba, the SGS Country Manager appeared …

Sembabule, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Godfrey Aine Kaguta, the younger brother to President Yoweri Museveni’s and Anifa Kawooya Bangirana have won National Resistance Movement party primaries in Sembabule district. The duo were declared winners of the NRM parliamentary flag bearers elections for Mawogola North and West constituencies respectively after polls …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A woman, who was allegedly assaulted by Local Defence Unit personnel enforcing Covid19 orders, has accused the Uganda People’s Defence Forces of neglecting her. Maria Namakula, who was beaten while returning from a clinic in Mityana Municipality, said she was promised by senior UPDF officers …

Bukedi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Water and Environment has started demarcating wetlands in the Bukedi sub-region.        Last year President Museveni commissioned the Limoto Wetland Wise use demonstration site in Puti Puti sub-county Pallisa district and directed farmers and residents who had encroached on the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Inspector-General of Police, Martin Ochola, has dispatched a team to Kigezi region to investigate the causes of the rising domestic violence. Ochola’s team is led by the head of community policing Assistant Commissioner of Police Anatoli Muleterwa. Several cases of domestic violence have been …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Musician-turned-Politician Joseph Mayanja alias Chameleone has said he will fight an independent battle and ensure that he becomes Kampala’s next Lord Mayor without the National Unity Platform ticket.  In the weeks leading to today’s nomination exercise, Mayanja was involved in a number of controversies in pursuit …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Mayor of Arua City Isa Kato has renounced his National Resistance Movement-NRM party membership and been nominated as an Independent candidate for the 2021 general elections, citing massive irregularities in the NRM primaries which have not been addressed. Kato lost the primaries after polling …