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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  Uganda Revenue Authority – URA registered a surplus in tax collections for July 2020 after some people and corporations that had suspended payments during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown paid up. URA collected 1.2 trillion Shillings in July 2020 against a target of 1.02 trillion Shillings – …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  The Electoral Commission has come out to explain why some of the youths had their names missing during the election today for youth village committees across the country. In some parts of the country, the elections were marred by violence caused especially by missing names on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  Police has said they are going to clampdown on unruly Subaru motorists in Kampala. The development follows an incident that happened on Sunday evening at a police checkpoint in Buloba where a fleet of Subaru racers who normally form a racing convoy stopped and became aggressive …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application filed by Moses Banalekaki to block the election of members of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party Central Executive Committee-CEC. Banalekaki petitioned the court accusing CEC, NRM’s second top organ for allegedly resolving not to nominate candidates …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  Christopher Aine has picked presidential nominations forms at the Electoral Commission. Aine arrived at Electoral Commission offices on Jinja road exactly 12:45pm on Monday dressed in an African shirt and khaki pair of trousers. Together with his driver and right hand man, they matched to the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  A security team comprising of officers from the Criminal Investigations Directorate – CID and Uganda People’s Defence Forces – UPDF have recovered another UPDF gun in the ongoing hunt for poachers in Murchison National Park. Assistant Commissioner of Police – ACP Francis Olugu said the UPDF …

Buvuma, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  Residents affected by fresh landslides in Bukiyindi village in Buvuma district are struggling to find new land for settlement. About 28 residents now have lost houses and gardens from the evolving land movements that started in May this year.    The slides that started after heavy rains …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  There is confusion over the emergence of campaign posters of a four-time presidential candidate, Dr Kizza Besigye in Kampala, days after local media reported that  had given up his hopes for the presidency.  Sources who spoke to Uganda Radio Network recently confirmed that Besigye was not …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  National Unity for Platform (NUP) supporters in Masaka are celebrating after winning in majority of the villages in the youth elections. NUP Youths won in most of the polling stations in the two divisions that make up Masaka city beating candidates from the Democratic Party (DP) …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has halted the trial of three people accused of causing government a financial loss of 2.7 billion Shillings when they added a ghost Russian pilot on the payroll of the Uganda People’s Defense AirForce-UPDAF. The three; Caroline Kyakabale, the former Human Resource …