Kampala, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority Bill 2015 has dragged on due to controversial clauses that seek to make the Minister the head of Kampala and limit powers of Lord Mayor. The bill, which was earlier under scrutiny by the Presidential affairs committee of parliament, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda disposed of the Cooperative Bank, which started operations in 1997, the Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE, heard on Thursday. Hannington Wasswa, the Director Commercial Banking in Bank of Uganda disclosed this while responding to a query by COSASE Chairperson, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court-ICC has directed Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to respond to a motion seeking dismissal of all charges against Dominic Ongwen. The motion filed by the Defense of Dominic Ongwen on February 1st implicates the Prosecution and Trial Chamber II of the Court …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has promoted more than 2,031 officers and men of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) to various ranks. One hundred of the officers were promoted to align with establishment appointments, 97 were promoted due to retirement, 130 were promoted for long …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another revolving fund has been unveiled, to boost household incomes in Luweero Triangle, an area where the National Resistance Army started a guerilla war that brought President Yoweri Museveni to power. The fund channeled through the Parish Community Associations (PCAs) model, will see each …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Journalists Solomon Sserwanja has made a statement and been released on bond after police arrested his wife and colleagues, who they say were found with classified drugs. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga said they recorded a statement from Serwanjja and thereafter released him on police bond. Sserwanja, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court has granted bail to two Vietnamese accused of wildlife trafficking. They are Nguyen Son Dong, 40 the Director of Wisdom Theta Limited and Pham Van Chieu 33 a resident of Ntinda a Kampala Suburb. They are jointly charged with Phung Thi …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preparations are underway to extradite Patrick Agaba alias Pato from South Africa to answer to charges of Kidnap and Murder of Susan Magara, a cashier who was killed last year. Agaba is accused of masterminding and receiving a ransom of 700 million Shillings from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has extended the tenure of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Football Club board of directors. He has also appointed Masaka District Chairman Jude Mbabali as board deputy chairperson. Lukwago who is the club patron made the announcement on Thursday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated his support to Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe in a battle that pits him against striking lecturers. This is the second time that the president is commenting on Makerere stalemate. While presiding over the institution’s graduation ceremony …
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