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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Former employees at Dunamiscoins Resource Centre Ltd, a blacklisted cryptocurrency exchange have hinted that security agencies opted for soft targets in the scam that saw thousands of Ugandans lose billions in deposits. Dunamiscoins was operating a money lending business with branches in Masaka, Ndeeba, Mbale, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA wants government to allocate it 3 percent of the National Budget to the Authority. According to the 2020/2021 National Budget Framework paper, 3 percent of the 39.6 trillion proposed budget would amount to Shillings 1.7 trillion. The proposal by KCCA to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Ministry of Health has revealed that as of last week, malaria cases across the country stood at 955,134. The report, malaria situation update also shows that by January 7th 2020, 280 malaria deaths had been recorded by the surveillance team being reported at health facilities …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Several police detectives lack adequate skills to record statements, a recent Inspection of Police stations in Kampala Metropolitan Police-KMP area has revealed. Charles Twiine, the Spokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Directorate disclosed this to URN in an interview on Tuesday. According to Twiine, the inspection …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Judicial Service Commission- JSC has advertised the position of Chief Justice.  Justice Bart Katureebe is set to retire on June 20th 2020 having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 years.  The Chief Justice is the head of Judiciary and is responsible for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has passed new property tax rates. The new rates are 4 percent of taxable value of properties generating five million and below and 6 percent for properties attracting revenue of five million shillings. Currently, KCCA charges a flat rate of 6 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | It has emerged that six top senior police officers at the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police –AIGP are yet to have their contracts renewed more than a year when they expired. The affected officers include director legal, Erasmus Twaruhukwa, director Fire and Emergency …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Members of Parliament on the Finance Committee have criticized Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) for slowing down on the installation of scanners at all border entry points. This was during a meeting on Tuesday with officials from URA led by the Commissioner General Doris Akol over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Commissioner-General of Uganda Revenue Authority, Doris Akol has said that the 20.4 trillion shillings revenue target for the current financial year 2019/2020 is unrealistic. Akol was on Tuesday appearing before Members of Parliament to explain their financial proposals under the 2020/2021 financial year Budget …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan musician Rema Namakula today celebrated the graduation of her new husband Dr Hamza Sebunya with two tweets. “I’m so proud of you hubby ❤❤ Bachelors degree in human medicine and bachelors degree in surgery,” she said in one of the tweets. Students cheered loudly when …