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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Principal Judge, Dr Flavian Zeija has warned under performing Judges proposing that they should not get remuneration citing that the case backlog in 2019 has increased by 88 percent.  Dr Zeija made the remarks on Monday afternoon while presenting the annual performance report for …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The health committee of parliament is proposing to the Ministry of Finance to drop the idea of recruiting Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs), but rather strengthen the already existing Village Health Teams (VHTs). In a report that they are yet to share with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security team in Kampala has arrested an Indian national, Praful Butan on allegations of orchestrating a kidnap of four Asians. Butan was arrested on Sunday alongside his alleged Ugandan accomplice, Ignatius Mugumya, on accusation of kidnapping, Akshay Parapati, Sahil Patel, Atul Patel …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikiro of Buganda Kingdom, Charles Peter Mayiga has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to focus his new anti-corruption fight on top government officials whom he says have entrenched the vice that is partly responsible for the raging poverty in the country. Mayiga was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Secretary General of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), Fatma Samoura urged Parliament of Uganda to fast track amendments to the Sports Law. Samoura made the statement when she paid a courtesy call to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Monday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has tasked the Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola to intervene on the escalating cases of police brutality and explain claims that Nalufenya police station has once again turned into a torture chamber. The FDC Deputy Spokesperson, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has constituted a panel of seven Justices to hear a consolidated application seeking to stay the execution of the Constitutional Court decision, which nullified the election of legislators for six newly created municipalities. A notice issued by the Acting Assistant Supreme …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1000 nursery bed operators across the country are stuck with overgrown planting materials due to lack of market. The nursery bed operators under their umbrella of Plant Nursery Operators of Uganda-PNOA-U have been supplying planting materials to the National Agriculture Advisory Services-NAADs at …

A sample of an on-line report from Uganda Schools Guide of 2018 indicates that Serere has 27 schools that are not registered while Ngora district has 24. The report shows that Soroti Municipality and Katakwi district have nine unregistered schools each while Kalaki district has three. Some of the listed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Professional Standards Unit of police commanded by Assistant Commissioner of Police John Okalany has started questioning Criminal Investigations Officers who were arrested last week on accusations of mishandling and misplacing case files. Criminal Investigation Directorate –CID boss Grace Akullo launched a crackdown on …