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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM party leadership in Mbale district has disowned a man who claims to have been nailed in the mouth for composing a song praising President, Yoweri Museveni. It came after Isaac Katoogo alias Ambassador wa Yesu, a resident of Kiteeso cell …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has objected to a proposal demanding presidential candidates to disclose their source of funds for campaigns 14 days after nomination. Led by the Party President Jimmy Akena, officials from UPC on Wednesday appeared before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Students of Gulu University have protested the poor state of the university toilets. The students say the current state of the flush toilets and urinals is putting them at serious health risks.  Led by the Guild President Johnson Noowe, the students on Wednesday held a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Makerere University Vice-Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has insisted he wants to know the steps followed to release a report implicating Dr Dickson Kanakulya for hiring a student to teach on his behalf.    Dr Kanakulya, a lecturer of Philosophy and Human Rights at Makerere University was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Ambrose Murunga, a Kenyan ex-aide of former Inspector General of Uganda Police Force Gen. Kale Kayihura has been told to renegotiate the terms of ownership of the land, which was allegedly stolen from bonafide Ugandan owners. The directive was made this afternoon by the Commission …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States (US) Mission has appealed to parliament to uphold internal best practices and allow the use of cameras and phones at polling stations during the 2021 general elections. In a brief statement issued on the US Mission Uganda official twitter handle Wednesday, …

OPINION | By Norbert Mao | This week the last school term of the year starts. So let me share these fragments to lift up the spirit of our students. The only caveat I offer is that school days offer foundation-al knowledge. Learning should be a lifelong endeavor. In 1984 I arrived in Namilyango …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police have raised an alarm of increasing incidents of child murders in the last three months. They have tasked community leaders and parents to be ensure child protection. Records at Criminal Investigation Directorate –CID released by police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, show 32 children have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is set to establish a total of nine regional vocational training centers under the Special Presidential Initiative on skilling the youth program across the country. The nine regional centers are to be established in Lango, Acholi, Tooro, Karamojong, Ankole, Teso, and Busoga. Previously, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) has advised smaller companies that cannot afford to hire expensive audit firms to prepare their accounts to make use of the cheaper auditors that the institute has certified. Stephen Ineget, the chairman of the Financial Reporting …