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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police has recalled more than 400 guns form private security companies for examination. Grace Matsiko, Chairperson Uganda Private Security Association (TUPSA), says that police recalled their guns to review their functionality in terms of fire discharge and emission identification. Although Matsiko …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has been tasked to explain why as many as a half of minerals exploration licenses are in the hands of companies that have no capacity to use them. Dr Luisa Moreno, the managing partner and analyst with Toronto-based Tahuti Global Inc., said one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University will for the second time host the second edition of Kampala Geopolitics Conference. The two-day high level academic public event scheduled for 17th and 18th October will attract elites and international researchers to discuss current geopolitical questions and trends. Jules-Amand Aniambossou, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Communities at Nangoma and Kasensero landing site in Kyotera district have asked the Marine department of the Uganda Police to establish a rescue center in the area to enable them respond to emergencies. The area is prone to water accidents that usually occur as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Security Gen. Elly Tumwine has set conditions for Parliament’s Human Rights Committee if the Director-General Internal Security Organization (ISO) must appear to give information concerning alleged torture in safe houses. Tumwine was yesterday afternoon appearing before the Committee Chaired by Buvuma …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for privatization and Investment Evelyn Anite has said that a number of fake investors are being aided by middlemen and land brokers to grab land from bonafide Ugandan occupants. Anite says that the middlemen front non-existent foreign investors to cheaply secure land …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business grounded to a halt at Arua Park yesterday morning when Uganda National Bureau of Standards–UNBS officials raided People’s Plaza and Kati-Kati Plaza and impounded several cartons of sachet alcohol. The UNBS team was accompanied by Uganda Revenue Authority –URA officials and officers from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has set a new deadline for the update of the National Voters Register. According to EC, the exercise will now start on 21st November 2019 and end on 11th December. The commission had earlier set November 2019 and January 2020 for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have taken offence to criticism by Security Minister Gen. Elly Tumwine over their recent botched attempt to inspect safe houses. The MPs were last month blocked from accessing suspected Safe Houses in parts of Nkokonjeru, Kyengera and Nalukolongo. But Tumwine yesterday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission is investigating reports of alleged ballot stuffing in the just concluded Hoima by-elections. The incident which allegedly happened at Kibaire polling station, in Bulindi parish was brought to the attention of the commission by Michael Kabaziguruka and. Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu, …