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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists have questioned the approach used by the government to control disease outbreaks and pandemics using coerce law enforcement. Speaking at the launch of a report, “Finding Humanity in uncertainty: Pandemic Preparedness and Response in Uganda released by the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government-IG plans to display a list of corrupt public officials in two months arising from its investigation processes. The list includes officials who have failed to implement recommendations from the Inspectorate of government, or the court rulings arising from corruption and abuse …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Cabinet’s decision to start a human rights sub-committee has riled the Uganda Human Rights Commission chairperson, Mariam Wangadya. She criticizes the decision as an attempt by the Cabinet to usurp the mandate of the Commission, which was established under the 1995 Constitution. The decision …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipal Council has set up a seven-member committee to investigate the town clerk, Godfrey Kisekka, and his deputy, Luboyera Majerani over unpaid hotel bills resulting from the purported committee sittings. The committee members are led by Richard Nsanga, as chairperson. The other members are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Trial Chamber at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking additional information from victims of former Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebel commander, Dominic Ongwen in a build-up to the reparation processes. The presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt last week instructed the court’s registry to conduct a …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF and the police Anti-Stock Theft Unit-ASTU, have recaptured 41 of the inmates who had escaped from Moroto prison. At least 224 inmates escaped from Moroto government prison in September 2020, and went with 14 guns belonging to prison warders and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, has said that the Church House debt now stands at 15 billion Shillings. Kaziimba made the report while delivering his Christmas message at Namirembe. ‘We launched a campaign and this campaign has …

Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF is set to redeploy its detachmentes along the Uganda-South Sudan border, following the recent invasion by armed assailants from South Sudan into Oraba town council, Koboko district. The bandits who are suspected to be members of the National Salvation Front-NAS, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vice President Jessica Alupo has said Uganda will benefit more from its relationship with China if the wide trade deficit between the two countries is narrowed. Speaking during the celebrations to mark 60 years of Uganda’s diplomatic relationship with China, at the Kampala Serena Hotel, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Church of Uganda-COU will immediately set in motion processes to split from Canterbury, the seat of the Anglican Church worldwide once it officially communicates its support for same-sex marriages. The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, says that they …