NEWS

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice sitting at Arusha in Tanzania has dismissed an application lodged by lawyer Male Mabirizi seeking an interim order halting the 2021 elections. Mabirizi ran to the East African Court of justice challenging the 2018 Constitutional Amendment Act that …

Kampala, Uganda  | Julius Businge | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has promised to give more support to the National Blood Bank in terms of more blood that it wants to deal with the shortage. In a statement shared with The Independent, the Fund said that, as part of its corporate …

Nimule, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) at Nimule international cross border town has been opened to boost efficient trade between Uganda and South Sudan. The US$ 5 million, approximately 18.3 million Uganda Shillings’ facility was on Thursday handed over to the Government of South Sudan by …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Staff shortage has hit Makerere University Estates and Works Department. Sources at the department indicate that over 200 vacancies have not been filled over the past years. The estates, which is charged with critical properties of the University that include buildings, land, and vehicles has …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have questioned the delayed report by the House Committee on Education and Sports on its investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of Makerere University students by security personnel. On 27th November 2019, the Committee was given two weeks …

Nakaseke, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said government is planning to buy own aircraft for aerial sprays in response to locusts and other insects attacks in future. Uganda is on alert over reports that the swarm of the desert locusts is only about 60 kilometers from …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The West Nile Regional Cancer Center is set to start operating on February 15, 2020. This is in fulfillment of the strategies that were proposed in 2015 as Uganda when Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI was selected to be the center of excellence in cancer care …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda is set to lose more than 500 billion  Shillings in tax waivers during the 2019/2020 financial year alone, the Uganda Revenue Authority has indicated. A tax waiver is when a company or an individual engaged in a certain activity where they are supposed to …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Attorney General and lawyers of the Electoral Commission have asked the Supreme Court to stay the execution of the Constitutional Court ruling which dismissed six Members of Parliament on grounds that there were not accorded a fair hearing.  The Judgement affected Apac Municipality Member …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has ruled that renowned Uganda Cranes Fan Jackson Ssewanyana also known as Uncle Money and his co-accused have a case to answer. It is alleged that Ssewanyana and his co-accused Benson Ssenyonga caused the unlawful death of Suraj Akim Tumusiime a mechanic at …