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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Forum on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene is pushing for the enactment of a National Community Works Bill that envisages promoting public hygiene and sanitation. Ngora Woman MP Jacqueline Amongin, the Forum Chairperson said that they are fast-tracking the tabling of the Bill also …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pupils awaiting to sit their Primary Leaving Examinations have been cautioned to ‘mind what they eat’ as the D-day approached. The caution was made during different briefing sessions held at the various schools in Kampala yesterday. Jane Kyakuwa, the head teacher at Kitante Primary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda People’s Defence Forces–UPDF soldier, Sgt Gad Twijukye, will face the General Court Martial for allegedly leading a group that lynched City Lawyer Peter Kibirango. The lawyer succumbed on mob injuries on October 19 at Case Hospital in Kampala after spending five days …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Delegation of the European Union to Uganda has expressed worry over the excessive use of force against journalists covering a recent strike at Makerere University. The university has been the theatre of violence and the use of excessive force by law enforcement agencies, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | African judiciaries are concerned at the laxity of African governments to addressing historical injustices facing indigenous groups in the Continent. They say a number of the injustices suffered by indigenous communities are yet to be addressed. The concern was expressed by the plenary of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Car dealers with cars of 15 years and above in their bonds have been given up to December 31, 2019, to sell them or they are confiscated as contraband. In an October 28 letter to the used car dealers association chairman, Syan Sajjad Pervaiz, URA …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has arrested the officer who commanded soldiers that brutalized Makerere University students. Defence and Army Spokesperson, Brig Richard Karemire, on Friday said that Capt. Richard Lubeere is being held at Makindye Military Police headquarters. According to Karemire, an inquiry …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A ban on the exportation of minerals by the government is taking a toll on the tin miners in Ntungamo district. The miners most of them attached at to Zanack Holdings are concerned about the ever dropping prices of tin which have dropped from 22,000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has given Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) the go ahead to introduce the long awaited Digital Tracking Solution (Digital Tax Stamps). Speaking at a joint press conference Friday with Uganda Manufacturers Association, The Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Finance, URA spokesman Vincent Seruma …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has resolved to honour gold medalists, Joshua Cheptegei and Halimah Nakaayi for flying the Uganda flag high at the recent Doha IAAF World Athletics Championships. In October Cheptegei won the men’s 10,000 metres race, while Nakaayi picked gold in the women’s 800 metres …