Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has charged former Bufumbiro South County MP Sam Bitangaro for conspiring with four others to defraud Kiboga Twegate Cooperatives Society Limited of more than 1.3 billion Shillings. Bitangaro denied charges and was granted bail of sh12 million and …
Read More »Pallisa market vendors operate without pit latrine for 4 years
Pallisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 2,000 vendors operating in Pallisa Main Market are facing the threat of hygiene-related disease outbreaks due to the absence of public pit latrines for the past four years. Since 2020, the vendors have been forced to use nearby unfinished buildings and private pit latrines …
Read More »Fuel fire in Kigoogwa exposes gaps in Uganda health and emergency services
Kigoogwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recent incident involving a fuel tanker fire in Kigoogwa town, along the Kampala-Gulu highway, has highlighted serious shortcomings in local health and evacuation services. The accident occurred on Tuesday last week when a tanker, registered as UAM 292Q, overturned and caught fire. Several …
Read More »Minister Kasolo asks for ceasefire, peace with Kyotera District leaders
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Microfinance Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo has sought reconciliation with the leadership of Kyotera district, after a period of bitter misunderstandings from the last general elections. Kasolo has preferred to begin reaching out to leaders and communities with whom he has not …
Read More »LCII Chairperson arrested for illegal possession of firearm
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Tororo district have arrested the LCII chairperson Pereje Ward, Apokor Town Council after he was found in possession of a gun. According to Johnson Moses Mugwe, the Police Spokesperson of Bukedi North, Stephen Okware the Chairman of LCI Pereje Cell informed the …
Read More »‘Retiring UPDF soldiers should not join opposition to unseat Museveni’
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPDENT | Retiring Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers have been warned against joining members of the opposition to unseat President Museveni. On Saturday, the Fourth Division Headquarters in Gulu retired 206 junior and non-commissioned officers (NCOs). The Chairperson Veteran Affairs Acholi Sub Region Rt. Lieutenant Alfred Ocaya …
Read More »It’s the KCCA structure, stupid!
It’s the KCCA structure, stupid! Why management can’t change city without change in ‘political authority’ COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Former Vision Group CEO Robert Kabushenga has led the pack of corporate gurus gunning for the position of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director. Other known applicants are …
Read More »Archbishop: Catholics need not worry about census figures
Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & URN | Kampala Archbishop, His Grace Dr Paul Ssemogerere, has said he is more worried about Catholics, especially children, moving to other faiths, than by the portrayal by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) that church numbers are declining. The Archbishop said he personally had no …
Read More »Lawyers, citizens urged to embrace private prosecution as a check on impunity
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has called on the public and fellow advocates to recognize and embrace private prosecution as a tool to counter impunity and address public interest cases that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and police overlook. Known for his bold legal …
Read More »Kwoyelo victims unhappy with 40 years jail sentence
GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of victims of the crimes committed by convicted former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo have decried the 40-years jail sentence imposed by the International Crimes Division of the High Court of Uganda. Kwoyelo was sentenced to 40 years’ in jail …
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