Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The authenticity of agreements transferring assets of the 1964 Cooperative Bank to that incorporated in 1997 under the Company’s Act has been questioned. For the past few weeks, the commissions committee of parliament has been probing how the Cooperative Bank in 1997 was …
Read More »BoU Tasked to explain foreign currency payment to MMAKS Advocates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda (BoU) Officials have been tasked to explain external lawyers were paid in a foreign currency despite filing invoices in Uganda shillings. The lawyers from MMAKS Advocates were paid $230,000, which translated into sh759 million at the 2017 exchange rate, for services …
Read More »KACITA proposes tribunal for landlord- tenant disputes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) has asked the parliamentary committee on Physical Infrastructure to include the creation of an independent landlord-tenant tribunal in the Landlord and Tenant Bill, 2013. This was one of the proposals KACITA Chairman Everest Kayondo presented to the committee on the …
Read More »The Landlord and Tenant bill is biased- MPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Landlord and Tenant Bill 2018 largely favours tenants against landlords, Members of Parliament on the Physical Infrastructure Committee have observed. The MPs, who met the Minister of State for Housing, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, were concerned that the Bill gives tenants more opportunities …
Read More »Speaker secures South Korea scholarships for Ugandan students
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A meeting between Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and Chairman of the South Korea-based Sun Moon University, Mr Hwang Sun-Jo, has fruited into fully paid scholarships for Ugandan students. Following the meeting, Mr Sun-Jo accepted an invitation from Kadaga to visit Uganda in March, to finalise …
Read More »Ugandan farmers set to benefit from Dutch funded ICT project
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | A total of 250, 000 smallholder farmers have been digitally profiled by a development organisation – The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) – in a bid to support their use of information communication technology tools to trade. The profiling was done under …
Read More »BOU: Lawyers of MMAKS Advocates quizzed on conflict of interest
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE has questioned a team of lawyers from MMAKS Advocates on conflict of interest. The team from MMAKS Advocates was comprised of Apollo Nelson Makubuya, Timothy Kanyelezi Masembe, Moses Adriko, Mathias Ssekatawa, Ernest Sembatya and Isaac …
Read More »Specialists welcome plan for wider Ugandan road reserves
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Engineers and Physical Infrastructure specialists have welcomed a move to widen Uganda’s road reserves from the current 15 to 40 meters. They say that wide reserves are important for the future development of Uganda’s road infrastructure. The nod comes amid the discussion of …
Read More »Mak Council Delays Face-Off with Education Committee
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Council, the Supreme body of the university has asked for more time before facing off with the education committee of Parliament. They are now set to appear on Thursday and not today as earlier planned. Members of the University Council and management …
Read More »Makerere University Council quashes probe on suspended staff
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An emergency meeting of the Makerere University Council, a supreme governing organ of the University has rejected the committee established to investigate matters arising out of staff suspensions over conflict of interest. The meeting directed that the probe committee halt their operations and hand …
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