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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Monday, the Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, ordered fresh scrutiny of private security companies. Ochola directed police’s private security unit commanded by Acting Commissioner of Private Security and Firearms Department, Apollo Kateeba, to swiftly scrutinise all private security companies. The Police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Prison Services-UPS management has up to two days to present to the Public Accounts Committee-PAC balanced books of accounts for the 2017/2018 Financial Year. The Committee Chairperson, Nathan Nandala Mafabi issued the ultimatum Wednesday in a meeting with the Prison officials led by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court – ICC continues to enjoy mixed fortunes in its works in Uganda, the first country to refer a situation back in 2003. Sixteen years later, only Dominic Ongwen, one of the five indicted top LRA Commanders has surrendered to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rev. Canon Aaron Mwesigye, the Director for Religious Affairs in the Office of the president has told Ugandans to stop referring the embattled head of House of Prayers Ministries, Aloysius Bujingo as a pastor. According to Canon Mwesigye, Bujingo’s conduct doesn’t reflect someone who serves …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA returned 3.4 billion shillings to the consolidated fund at the end of the 2018/2019 financial year. UNRA head of finance and Accounts, Kwesiga Brazza explains that the authority failed to spend 3.4 billion shillings due to failure to recruit new …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has okayed the creation of Semuto –Kapeeka municipality in Nakaseke district, saying it will encourage effective planning for an industrial center. According to Local Government Act, the conditions for creation of municipality include the capacity to meet the cost of service …

Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT REPORTER |  China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in collaboration with China Africa Development Fund, Uganda Investment Authority, and Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry will hold the "China-Uganda Industrial Capacity Cooperation Exposition (China-Uganda Expo)" in Kampala Uganda. The expo is scheduled to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved the re-appointment of M/s Kisaka & Company, a Kampala-based Certified Accounting firm, to scrutinize accounts of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG). The approval in the Wednesday afternoon plenary session gives the firm a mandate to review the Office of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Planning Authority (NPA) Executive Director Dr Joseph Muvawala has described the act supposed to regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants, as a bad law that is likely to constrain the housing market in Uganda. The Landlord and Tenant Bill, 2018 was passed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to treatment and ending AIDS-related deaths is slowing down according to the UNAIDS’ Global AIDS Update 2019. The report; Communities at the Centre, shows a mixed picture arising from a widening gap between …