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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa Rukutana has asked the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters for more time to explain how government acquired the contested land on Mutungo Hill in Kampala. Government occupies 12 acres of land on Mutungo Hill that was procured from …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force is stuck with over 20,000 driving permits that have not been picked by traffic offenders. Some of the permits have been confiscated from errant drivers and multiple traffic offenders. The drivers are usually expected to pick the permits after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from Uganda Road Fund have decried inadequate funds allocated for routine road maintenance. The Uganda Road Fund (URF) was established by an Act of Parliament and started operations in 2010 as a Second Generation fund. Its objective is to finance routine and periodic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Isaac Kwagala, the Makerere University Guild speaker is in trouble for calling an emergency student’s General Assembly. Kwagala was picked up by Military Police from Pool Road between Mitchell Hall and College Of Computing And Information Sciences -COCIS on Tuesday evening. He was detained …

Land Probe security, ESO guard clash Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Counter Terrorism Police officers attached to the Justice Catherine Bamugemereire Land Commission have clashed with soldiers attached to the External Security Organisation-ESO headquarters in Mutungo. The incident climaxed with Land Commission security surrounding a soldier who had cocked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has told a visiting Afro-Arab Youth Council delegation that the problems in Libya can be solved through the building of a National Army. He, however, assured them that a lasting solution to the Libyan conflict would be found. “The African Union is …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has directed for arrest of politicians from the Sebei and Karamoja regions who are reportedly promoting female genital mutilation (FGM) in their areas. Kadaga made the directive while meeting leaders from Sebei and Karamoja regions, the Minister of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has tasked government to ensure that all health centres IVs around the country get ambulances as proposed in the 2019/2020 budget. Kadaga said that with the intended procurement of the ambulances will ensure that all  Ugandans good health services. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, has led a delegation of leaders from Busoga sub region to learn from agricultural practices available at the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) in Namulonge. Lessons from the benchmarking visit held on Monday, 04 January 2019 are intended to boost …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commissioner in charge of Primary Education at the Ministry of Education and Sports Dr. Tony Mukasa – Lusambu has urged parents to give financial and related support to their school going children so they are able to score highly in examinations. He was speaking …