Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has faulted the Mubende Regional Referral Hospital Director, Alex Andema over a 777.8 million Shillings wrongly expenditure on a stalled building. Andema and other hospital officials on Tuesday appeared before the committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi …
Read More »Registration of coffee farmers will boost sector-UCDA
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has said that the proposed registration of coffee farmers will cut off middlemen and also ensure development of the coffee sector in the country. Government through the National Coffee bill 2018 seeks to register and license coffee farmers. The bill also proposes that …
Read More »CID commanders want refresher course for field force units
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Criminal Investigations commanders have called for refresher courses for police officers under Field Force Unit (FFUs). In the resolutions signed by over 348 CID commanders during a five-day retreat and presented by Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) Secretary Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Richard Lutalo, …
Read More »Defence witness refuses to testify in Stella Nyanzi case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Barnabas Mustapha Mugisha, one of the witnesses summoned to testify in the cyber harassment case against Stella Nyanzi on Tuesday refused to testify saying he did not know why he was summoned in court. Mugisha is one of the 10 defence witnesses that were …
Read More »Mobile money improves food security in Northern Uganda – Study
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rural households in Northern Uganda that had access to mobile money services didn’t report a reduction in the number of meals they had in the past week when there was a food squeeze, a new study has said. Also, people who had access …
Read More »FDC party starts mobilization drive in West Nile
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has started a regional mobilization drive in West Nile ahead of the 2021 general elections. While addressing the Media in Arua town on Monday, The FDC Party President Engineer Patrick Amuriat Oboi said their mission is to …
Read More »Education Ministry investigating Hillside Naalya over corporal punishment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education and Sports Ministry is investigating allegations of corporal punishment at Hillside Nursery and Primary School, Naalya, Kampala suburb. This follows a complaint by a parent accusing teachers at the school for punishing children for scoring low marks. According to a Facebook post by …
Read More »MP Nambooze wants gov’t to ban labour export companies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipality MP, Betty Nambooze wants the government to ban labour export companies. Nambooze says that government should instead set up a public funded labour agency at the gender ministry headed by a commissioner to stop profit-oriented private companies who allegedly sell citizens into …
Read More »FDC asks gov’t to increase funding to sports
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change-FDC wants government to increase funding to sports activities. Addressing the press on Monday at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi, FDC Deputy Spokesperson John Kikonyogo said that sport is a very good avenue to market Uganda abroad. According to the 2019/2020 …
Read More »Court asked to expedite Rwanda border closure case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan lawyer Steven Kalali who is challenging Rwanda’s actions of closing its Gatuna border has petitioned the East African Court of Justice demanding for a speedy hearing. In his petition, Kalali states that he filed his case in April 2019 and in May 2019; …
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