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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Lwemiyaga county Member of Parliament Theodore Ssekikubo has been granted bail. Ssekikubo has been in custody since Friday last week on offences of inciting violence and illegal possession of a gun. Masaka Chief Magistrate Deogratius Ssejjemba released Ssekikubo on a noncash bail of 10 million …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Nyamweru sub-county chief Vivian Kwesiga has been arrested for allegedly embezzling 45 million shillings.  He was arrested on Monday at the sub county headquarters where he had gone to hand over office to his successor, Elias Tumukuratiire.  Kwesiga is accused of failing to account …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A man in Kamwokya Church Zone, a Kampala suburb barricaded himself in his rented room on Monday evening and torched to protest the infidelity by his wife. The man only identified as Juma told residents after being rescued from the burning house that he caught …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Muni University officials have warned that its students will not be able to graduate next year if the institution’s budgetary allocation remains static. The University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Christine Dranzoa and Secretary Rev. Dr Picho Epiphony Odubuker were today meeting Parliament’s Education Committee in regard to …

Isimba and Karuma power stations are expected to boost its earnings Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Officials at Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) are hoping to record improved performance after posting the first net profit in 18 years. The company reported at the end of last year that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A five-months hunt for a Mpigi-based witchdoctor accused of defiling and impregnating two teenage sisters has come to an end after he was arrested.  Magambo Musa also known as Mulangira Musoga allegedly lured the girls in August 2019 when they visited his shrine in Mpigi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda’s oil sector is dominated by political interference, with many players forced to have the president’s say before making any important decisions, researchers have said.   Writing a chapter in a recently published book on Uganda’s oil sector, Dr Badru Bukenya, an academic at Makerere University …

 Its managers must not focus on 2020 but on long term solutions, expert says Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s economy is projected to remain subdued in 2020, signaling another challenging economic environment ahead. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the governor Bank of Uganda revealed that 2019’s projected growth of 5.5-6.0% is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans are still not into the habit of carrying out routine health checkups, despite the government’s plan to shift focus from treatment to disease prevention, according to medical experts. The government plan was announced during the inaugural National Health Promotion Conference, at the end …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nile Agro Factory Limited has been closed following a fire that destroyed properties worth millions of shillings yesterday evening. The Jinja-based factory, which deals with cooking oil and soap products was gutted by fire at around 4 pm. According to Francis Baganzi, the Human …