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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The permanent secretary and secretary to the Treasury Keith Muhakinizi says Bukhooli North MP Gaster Mugoya Kyawa requested for a certificate of financial implications regarding a referendum on extending the presidential term to from five to seven years. Muhakanizi says the ministry of finance prepared …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defense Forces General David Muhoozi has admitted that he gave a green light to the Special Forces Command (SFC) to storm Parliament during the debate on the constitutional amendment Bill 2017. Muhoozi, the fourth witness for cross examination at the Constitutional …

  Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Popular Tanzanian musician Diamond Platinumz has been arrested for publishing “indecent” photographs on social media, the information minister told parliament on Tuesday. Since Monday images have circulated on social networks showing the 28-year-old singer, shirtless and in bed with a female companion. “Among our …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kira Motor Corporation will first centre its attention on assembly of buses, as it bids to enter car assembly and manufacturing business in a commercial set up. Cabinet last week approved a road map for commercialization of Kiira Motor Corporation which will be undertaken …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More taxes imposed on tobacco products could reduce smoking in Uganda. That is the suggestion presented in the latest study by the Kampala-based think tank, the Economic Policy Research Centre-EPRC. The study led by Dr Ibrahim Kasirye, a Principal Research Fellow at the Economic Policy …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe International Airport was briefly in the spotlight Monday as heavy rains continued to pound many areas of Uganda including the Lake Victoria shores. Airport management and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had to put in place emergency measures as water flowed into the arrivals area …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has not provided funding for a referendum on the extension of the presidential term of office from the current five to seven years. At least 263 billion Shillings is required by the Electoral Commission to conduct the referendum in the financial year …

Seattle, US | THE INDEPENEDENT | More than twenty Ugandan Coffee Roasters will join coffee professionals from around the world for the Specialty Coffee Association’s annual Specialty Coffee Expo this week. The five-day expo opening this Thursday in Seattle, Washington, will be used to tap into the unexploited American coffee …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has threatened to close its offices across the country over inadequate staff. DPP Mike Chibita says that his office has for years been grappling with shortage of staff now totaling to 600 personnel in their upcountry offices and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium (AGRC) posted a commitment bond of USD 2 million (over 7.4 billion Shillings) before it signed the Project Framework Agreement with the government for the oil refinery. Emerging information from the Directorate of Petroleum at the Ministry of Energy indicates …