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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee- Central Government has asked the Criminal Investigations and the Intelligence Directorate (CIID) to interrogate officials heading different projects under the Ministry of Finance for abuse of office. The committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi on Wednesday issued a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has challenged the Convention of African Judiciaries on Human Rights to treat issues of human rights violations as secondary to more pressing African challenges. Museveni said Africa is grappling with two fundamental challenges related to the growth of economies, oppression of mankind …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party-DP wants a full audit of the fracas at Makarere University that saw several students brutalized in their halls of residency by the army and police. During the weekly media briefing at their Northern region offices in Arua town on Wednesday, Elia Alitia, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security teams deployed at Makerere University have said that they are monitoring unknown drones that are hovering over the university campus. Communication through police walkie-talkies went out saying that the drones were cited around the Main Library, which was a beehive of activity as the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament Wednesday passed a motion moved by Igara  West MP Raphael Magyezi to have both the Mahatma Gandhi Conference Centre and Mahatma Gandhi Heritage Centre built at the River Nile in Jinja. He moved the motion after Members of Parliament questioned a decision by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association – CPA Representative, Dhar Meenakshi has commended the Parliament of Uganda for involving stakeholders including the civil society in it’s annual sector review. She made the statement at the introduction session for the third Annual Sector Review of the Legislature Sector …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has condemned the recent human rights violations at Makerere University by the military. This follows the brutal crackdown on student’s protest against the 15 percent tuition and functional fees increment that started on October 22, 2019. Heavily armed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister General Kahinda Otafiire has been tasked to explain circumstances under which he took over the ownership of land belonging to Njeru Stock Farm. The 1,099-acre farm located at Bukaya West Village, in Njeru municipality, is one of the government …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A day after President Yoweri Museveni ordered for talks between students and the Makerere University administration, the stalemate is not about to end following a new announcement of suspension and warning of over 30. Makerere University has just released a statement stating that, “In light …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Poor enforcement of physical development plans in Uganda has affected land use across the country. Sam Mukasa Kintu, a professional physical planner and founder Head of the Physical Planning Department at Kampala City Council now Directorate of Physical Planning of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA says …