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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of five Constitutional court judges has dismissed an application by four time presidential candidate Dr. Kiiza Besigye asking court to nullify the offense of unlawful assembly in the penal code Act. The panel comprising Justices Kenneth Kakuru, Cheborion Barishaki, Elizabeth Musoke, Steven Musota …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Northern Uganda is the least beneficiary of different government University sponsorship programs, a report by the Equal Opportunities Commission-EOC has revealed. It came during a meeting between the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and the EOC led its chairperson, Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi. In its 2018/2019 financial report, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dark memories surrounding the 1966 crisis were evoked as friends and family celebrated the life of Dr. Emmanuel Lumu, Uganda’s first native Health Minister. Dr. Lumu, who was born in 1916, breathed his last at his residence in Bakuli on Wednesday morning. He was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The treasures of the World’s Mountains are under severe threats of climate change, the United Nations’ Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned. The UN Environment agency says communities which live in mountain regions near wildlife and are dependent on crops and livestock face great hardships …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Outgoing Chief of Staff of the UPDF Air Force, Maj. Gen Paul Lokech has warned his successor Brig. Charles Okidi to be very careful with accountability. He was handing over office as he prepares to head to South Sudan as a military attaché. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil servants and pensioners must receive their December 2019 salaries by the 20th in time for christmas, government has ordered. In a letter to accounting officers in different ministries, departments and agencies, Secretary to the Treasury Keith Muhakanizi said Public Service submitted payrolls  …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 17,000 in service teachers across the country have received training in early grade reading to boost literacy rates among learners in Primary 1 to 4. This is part of the activities being undertaken by Uganda Teacher and School Effectiveness Project- UTSEP aimed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has replaced the newly elevated judicial officers. A statement from the judiciary shows that Katureebe has named Tom Chemutai as acting Chief Registrar replacing Esta Nambayo who was appointed High court judge. Chemutai, 53, started his career as a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The French Ambassador to Uganda Jules-Armand Aniambossou says that athletes and government should have confidence in sports describing it as a soft power for the country. Jules-Armand on Wednesday alongside other European Union envoys visited the Kiprotich National High Altitude Training Centre project site …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Committee of Parliament has advised against halting the 15% fees increase policy at Makerere University. In October, students of Makerere protested against the 15 percent tuition increment on first-year students, which is being implemented as part of a policy that was passed …