NEWS

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | There is growing uncertainty and confusion among private school teachers about the proposed teacher’s Relief Fund. Whereas many teachers are still green about the development, several others are holding endless meetings trying to figure out how they can benefit from the funds, which are meant …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority – URA says it will waive penalties for taxpayers who will come out to voluntarily declare the taxes that they were supposed to pay but didn’t pay it. The window for voluntary disclosure comes after an amendment of section 66 of the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police has directed Radio and Television stations across the country to notify police commanders within their areas of operations about their late night shows that might require their guests to move beyond curfew hours. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga says that it has come to their …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Nakisunga Sub County LCIII Chairperson Mubarak Ssekikubo and four members from the Namuyenje village council committee have been remanded on charges of theft and malicious damage.   They were sued by their fellow resident Justine Nakasujja who accused them of organizing a mob against her, vandalizing …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Criminal Investigations Directorate – CID has dispatched a team of detectives to hunt for poachers in the Murchison National Park. A source at CID intimated to Uganda Radio Network- URN that a team of 13 detectives commanded by Assistant Commissioner of Police – ACP …

Bundibugyo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Over 5000 floods victims in Bundibugyo district are living under appalling conditions following the closure of the Internally Displaced People’s-IDP camps. The affected persons from 900 households mainly from Busunga Sub County were displaced when River Lamiya at the Uganda-DR Congo burst its banks in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Solicitor General Francis Atoke has withdrawn the undersecretary at the Judiciary from a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) session in Parliament over a questionable 398 million Shillings expenditure. The undersecretary Maureen Kasande had been asked to explain an expenditure of 398 million Shillings which lacked …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  An angry mob in Soroti district has lynched a 25-year-old man for allegedly killing his niece in a ritual. Thomas Ekwaru, a resident of Ogolo Village is reported to have killed his three-year-old niece, identified as Loyce Ingedu on Sunday after picking her from her …

Bundibugyo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Political aspirants in Bundibugyo District who want to use songs to promote their interests will have to pay for airplay. Although the relationship between music and politics has existed for centuries, recent guidelines that banned open-air campaigns in the wake of COVID-19 made the two …

Pader, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Heavy rains in parts of Pader district have worsened am already poor road network in the area leaving some of the roads nearly impassable for motorists. Pajule Sub-county Chairperson Brilliant Tito Okello, who is also the Roads Committee chairperson says that many community access and …