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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eng. Micheal Odongo, the executive director Uganda Road Fund-URF has expressed concern about the funds allocated to the fund and failure by government to ope-rationalize alternative income sources for the fund. Addressing journalists at Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA on Thursday, Odongo said their budget was …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The accounting officer of the defence ministry, Edith Buturo today failed to convince Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee over 35 billion Shillings domestic arrears acquired without requisite authority. Domestic arrears refer to unpaid bills for goods and services rendered to a government entity, including wages …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Up to 14 cross-cutting issues have been identified as the fourth national priority pillars of the third phase of the National Development Plan – NDP III.      The first three pillars advocate for the promotion of inclusive development and sustainability of economic progress of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven witnesses and a woman, who was allegedly knocked by the late Michael Alinda alias Ziggy Wine, have been grilled by detectives at State House, Nakasero in Kampala. Ziggy Wine reportedly succumbed to injuries in the wee hours of Morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The return of shillings 1.7 billion that was meant for pensioners to the consolidated fund by the Defense Ministry in the 2017/2018 financial year has irked members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The issue came to the fore on Thursday during an interface between …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has vowed to deal with lazy district health officers (DHO) who carry out their duties in the comfort of their offices. According to ministry officials, many DHOs are not doing their work of supervising the provision of standard health care in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two leaders of Makerere University staff associations have been ejected from the staff mailing lists under unclear circumstance, URN has learnt. The affected are associate Professor Edward Nector Mwavu, the deputy chairperson of the Makerere University Academic Staff Association –MUASA and Benet Magara, the chairperson …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HRH Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor has challenged the Jopadhola to end land fragmentation, which he says has made it difficult for large scale commercial agriculture to be undertaken in Padhola. The cultural leader of the Jopadhola said the region will not benefit from the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is deteriorating immunity against malaria among people in Kampala, Dr. Jimmy Opigo, the program manager malaria control at the Ministry of Health has revealed. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on Wednesday evening, the doctor said their surveillance teams have noted an increasing number of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of government-IG has arrested Dr. Rose Nassali Lukwago, the  secretary judicial service commission and Dr. Opio Okiror, the former commissioner health services. They are accused of abuse of office and causing financial loss of Shillings 33 million in the 2014/2015 financial year in …