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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has been ordered to pay 282 million shillings after a police officer illegally auctioned a car that had been reported missing. It all started on November 14th 2008, when a pickup registration number UAE 130H belonging to Adrine Kemirembe went missing from Makerere …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Security, Gen. Elly Tumwine has warned business owners against re-opening their shops that have never been cleared by government to re-open. He said as security, they can’t do anything to enforce the coronavirus (COVID-19) regulations if they don’t get cooperation from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business owners in shopping malls around Kampala are decrying low turn up of customers as they reopened last week. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni last week allowed shopping malls to reopen as he partially lifted the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown that had lasted over two months. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Insurance training institutions across Africa say the coronavirus crisis has presented them with an opportunity to save money through conducting online classes for the professionals in the industry. In a zoom meeting with players from all over Africa, participants said before the outbreak of …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Renovation of the National Isolation Centre for infectious diseases in Entebbe has stalled. The National isolation centre in Entebbe was set up in 2009 to handle all medical emergencies that require isolation. The centre has been managing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Sars and Ebola cases. …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale police are holding 14 people for holding prayers in a forest in violation of the presidential ban on congregational prayers and any kind of gathering. Some of the suspects are Ruth Twebaze, Prudence Rosette, Naome Nahwera, Mercy Orishaba, Sheila Owomugisha, Grace Ninsima, Mary …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso Resident District Commissioner-RDC, Rose Kirabira is under fire from LC 1 chairpersons in Masuuliita town council and Masuuliita sub county for rejecting food relief donated by Eng. Hussein Bukenya. The relief food comprising a truck of bananas and two cows was scheduled for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has approved 1.4 trillion shillings to rehabilitate the 215 kilometres Malaba-Kampala meter-gauge railway line. President Museveni in his address to the nation emphasized the need to rehabilitate the old railway network especially following the numerous cases of COVID-19 among the truck drivers. Museveni …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has said only a limited number of people will be allowed to bury departed Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Kasirye Gwanga. “Burial will take place on Friday June 12, 2020 10.00Hrs, at Nkene Village, Busujju County in Mityana District. It will …

Kampala, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  High Court Civil Division has ordered Major General Elly Kayanja to pay businessman, Gerald Batte Shillings 255 million arising from a bogus land deal. Justice Lydia Mugambe issued the orders on Wednesday in her judgment on an application filed by Batte against Gen. Kayanja. …