Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has impounded more than 70 taxis for operating in ungazetted areas in Kampala. Since Monday, KCCA has been cracking down taxis operating on Burton street, Copper complex and Nakivubo mews among other areas. According to KCCA Ddeputy spokesperson Robert Kalumba, …
Read More »Court Martial at standstill following expiry of member’s contracts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business is at stand still in the Makindye based Army General Court Martial following the expiry of the contracts of the court members. The one year contract of the court officers led by their chairperson Lt. General Andrew Gutti expired on June 9th, 2020 …
Read More »Experts explain discrepancies in COVID-19 laboratory tests
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As investigations into negative COVID-19 cases that are wrongly declared positive take route in different countries including neighboring Kenya, experts in Uganda say that wrong results shouldn’t be a cause for alarm. Speaking to URN on Thursday, Dr. Stephen Kiyimba, a microbiologist and executive …
Read More »Tororo cement drags businessman to court over UGX 1bn debt
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo Cement Limited has dragged businessman Ali Kakooza to court seeking to recover more than one billion Shillings for various goods and materials supplied to him. In their suit before the Commercial Division of High Court, Tororo Cement contends that between January and December …
Read More »High Court halts Kabuusu-Bunamwaya-Lweza road works
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Land Division has halted the construction of Kabuusu-Bunamwaya–Lweza road pending the disposal of an application filed by Rashid Ssenyonjo Musisi against Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. The Deputy Court Registrar, Flavia Nabakooza issued the orders on Thursday morning restraining KCCA and her …
Read More »Four districts in Teso added on list of SAGE beneficiaries
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four other districts in Teso sub region have been added to the Social Assistance Grants and Empowerment- SAGE program. The districts include Bukedea, Ngora, Serere and Soroti. They are among the 14 more districts that were added on the list of SAGE program countrywide. …
Read More »UNEB website inaccessible as aspirants rush to verify documents
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board – UNEB website www.eservices.uneb.ac.ug is inaccessible at a time when prospective aspirants for different political positions in the coming general election are rushing to verify their academic documents. On June 18, UNEB declared that set deadlines for the process …
Read More »Makerere University withdraws summons to staff
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has withdrawn disciplinary summons it had issued to two staff members to appear before the University Appointments committee. The two Fatuma Nakatudde and Paul Apunyo who served as Deputy Registrar and Senior Administrative Assistant at the College of Health Sciences respectively were …
Read More »IGP probes police officers, civilians for leaking official documents
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least seven people including police officers and civilians attached to the office of the Inspector General of Police –IGP Martin Okoth Ochola are being investigated for leaking documents URN has learnt. A source at the Naguru police headquarters told URN that Ochola ordered …
Read More »Luweero RDC declines to block new taxi drivers plying Kampala-Gulu highway
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Luweero DPC and RDC have rejected an appeal to block new taxi drivers who secured route charts to ply the Kampala-Gulu highway. On Thursday a section of leaders of taxi drivers plying the highway appealed to Luweero Resident District Commissioner Phoebe Namulindwa, District …
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