In the Independent this week: Will Kabaka fire Katikkiro Mayiga? COVER STORY Will Kabaka fire Mayiga?: Anger, anxiety, unease over Buganda monarch’s fights over land. NEWS ANALYSIS Muntu faces FDC boot: Defiant members plot to oust party president. THE LAST WORD The incongruence of the incongruence: How Ugandans get angrier …
Read More »LIVE: Kyadondo East by-election
Kampala, Uganda | Godfrey Ssali | Voters in Kyadondo East go to the polls today to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP). Voting ends at 4pm, after which tallying starts. The Kyadondo seat fell vacant in April following a Court of Appeal ruling that upheld an earlier ruling by the High Court which …
Read More »Accountants examination board releases June 2017 results
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The Public Accountants Examinations Board (PAEB) of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) has released the June 2017 examinations results showing decline in performance in comparison with the November 2016 results. The examinations covered three courses – Accounting Technicians Diploma (ATD), Certified Tax …
Read More »Get out of wetlands, river banks to avert disaster – President
Kampala, Uganda | PPU| President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans that have invaded, cultivated and settled in wetlands, forestry reserves, river banks and lake shores to leave them peacefully and save the country from disaster. The President was speaking at a public rally at Rushoroza Seed School in Kihihi sub-county in …
Read More »MPs question government over Constitutional Review Commission
Kampala, Uganda | PWATCHUG| A section of Members of Parliament have tasked government to explain its delay to appoint a Constitutional Review Commission to oversee an overhaul of amendment of the constitution. Buliisa County MP, Stephen Mukitale Birahwa, while raising a matter of national importance recently, told the House that …
Read More »DPP orders Minister Kabafunzaki and others be tried in High Court
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Embattled Minister of State for Labour Herbert Kabafunzaki together with his Political Assistant Brian Mugabo and a relative one Bruce Lubowa have been committed to the High Court to start trial on charges of corruption. Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Agnes Alum sent the trio to the High …
Read More »Bank of Uganda says not at fault in Semwanga burial money case
Kampala, Uganda| GODFREY SSALI| Bank of Uganda (BOU) has defended itself in a suit filed against it over misuse of money at the late Ivan Ssemwanga’s burial, maintaining that it duly executed its duty in this matter and cannot be faulted for failing to take any action. The case came …
Read More »Uganda destroys Zimbabawe to edge closer to African netball title
WEDNESDAY Uganda ?? 61 Zimbabwe 45 ?? Botswana 57 Namibia 38 Malawi 51 Zambia 45 THURSDAY Uganda ?? vs Zambia 6pm Botswana vs Malawi 4pm Namibia vs Zimbabwe 2pm Results Day 1 Uganda 72 def Botswana 29 (20-7, 42-14, 57-22, 72-29) Day 2 Malawi …
Read More »Slow insurance growth in Uganda
Slow insurance growth, but Industry executives expect business to pick up Kampala, Uganda| Isaac Khisa| Uganda insurers recorded a 3.6% growth in premiums in 2016, their slowest growth rate in five years, citing harsh economic environment, slow implementation of infrastructural projects and reduced private sector credit. Full year industry performance …
Read More »Uganda She Cranes battle netball champions Zimbabwe Gems
TODAY Uganda vs Zimbabwe 5pm Zambia vs Malawi 7pm Results Day 1 Uganda 72 def Botswana 29 (20-7, 42-14, 57-22, 72-29) Day 2 Malawi 55 def Zimbabwe 45 (17-9, 28-21, ..-.., 55-45) Uganda 69 def Nambia 31 (15-11, 38-15, 56-24, 69-31) Zambia 57 def Botswana 42 Day 3 Uganda 66 …
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