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Businessman remanded in Kenyan sh1.3billion fraud case

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A businessman who allegedly defrauded a Kenyan investor of sh1.3 billion has been remanded. Elijah Martin Rusoke commonly known as Albert Kamugisha was on Wednesday arraigned before City Hall Court and charged with two counts of obtaining money by false pretense and conspiracy to …

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Why LRA leader, son parted ways

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ali Ssalongo Kony, the son of the fugitive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony has opened up on why he parted ways with his father. The 29-year-old recently returned quietly with his family members comprising his mother, expectant wife, and three children …

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BOBI WINE: Elections not enough to cause change

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform – NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi has said that election are not enough to cause political change. Kyagulanyi said that Ugandans must do whatever it takes legally to change the current system. The NUP President who was speaking in Kasese on …

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‘Give Parliament role in treaty signing’

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition,  Mathias Mpuuga has called for a constitutional review, to empower Parliament participate in the process of negotiating treaties, conventions and agreements between Uganda and any other country or international body. In a statement read by Kiboga district Woman MP, …

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Land tenure system escalating disputes in Lango

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | System of land ownership and greed have been identified as the major causes of increasing land disputes in the Lango sub-region. In Lango, land is customarily owned where pieces of land belong to particular households, communities, and or the clan. Since there is no …

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Education Ministry halts transfer of Mbale School head

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has halted the controversial transfer of the head teacher of the Mbale school for the deaf. The Ministry recently posted Dismus Wandulu to the school of the deaf, removing Sister Rose Nelima, despite ongoing investigations by the Committee …

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The Independent’s Musoke tops two categories at Uganda Journalism Awards

✳ Environmental reporting award ✳ Urbanisation, land and property reporting award Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Independent’s Ronald Musoke has been recognised as the country’s top journalist in two categories at the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2023 organised by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME). At a colourful ceremony …

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Government drafting bill to regulate sand mining

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is making another attempt to regulate sand mining through a Bill that is yet to be tabled in Parliament. The draft bill comes hardly a year after Parliament did not nclude the regulation of sand as part …

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