Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday urged policymakers to prioritize protecting the vulnerable through targeted support, while keeping a tight fiscal stance to help fight inflation. “Governments confront difficult trade-offs amid sharp increases in food and energy prices,” Vitor Gaspar, director of the IMF’s fiscal …
Read More »1,500 families in Kikuube district face forceful eviction
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,500 families from six villages in Kikuube district are facing forceful eviction from their ancestral land. The affected families are located in Ndongo, Kisoba, Kahara, Nyanseke, Nyakabaale, and Hohwa villages, in Kaseeta parish, Kabwoya lower sub-county. The land in question measures 501 hectares …
Read More »RockCity Radio mast to be placed on summit of Tororo Rock
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo Broadcasting Network Limited (RockCity Radio) management has given contract engineers Willy Ntege and Henry Okello up to December 1, to have the radio’s mast placed on the summit of Tororo Rock ready to transmit. The engineers will place top of the rock a Guyed Wire 45M …
Read More »Parliament denies vote rigging claims during EALA elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has denied that there was vote rigging during last month’s East African Legislative Assembly-EALA elections. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network, Chris Obore, the director for information at Parliament said their records show that there were neither unauthorized persons who participated in the election nor …
Read More »Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo files defense against Justice Kisaakye’s allegations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and the Attorney General have asked the Constitutional court to dismiss with costs a petition filed by Supreme Court Justice, Dr. Esther Kisaakye saying it’s a disguised attempt to frustrate an on-going inquiry into her conduct and abscondment from duty. In …
Read More »Inspectorate of government rallies citizens for expanded ‘ombudsman’ role
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government (IG) handled a total of 320 disputes under the function of the ombudsman, over the year ended June 2022. Most of these complaints arose from misunderstandings between public servants and their supervisors and they include abuse of authority, victimization, employment disputes, …
Read More »MPs to investigate irregular compensation of Acholi, Teso war claimants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Government Assurance and Implementation Committee have resolved to investigate irregularities surrounding livestock compensation. It follows queries over the ongoing livestock verification process, and methods of compensation which were presented to the Committee by Jackson Kafuuzi, the Deputy Attorney General. According …
Read More »Learners in Bundibugyo abandon afternoon classes over lack of meals
Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Learners in Bundibugyo district are shunning afternoon classes due to the absence of meals. A mini-survey conducted by URN mostly in government schools shows that afternoon classes attract less than half of their total population. To enable children to have lunch at school, school …
Read More »Terror suspect Yusuf Nyanzi demands phone printouts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yusuf Nyanzi, one of the suspects pinned in three high-profile murders has filed an application in the International Crimes Division of the High Court seeking to compel MTN Uganda and Airtel Uganda to avail him with the phone printouts of his phone number allegedly used …
Read More »African health ministers meet in Uganda over Ebola outbreak
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health ministers from 11 African countries are meeting in Uganda over the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in the East African country. The ministers are discussing cross-border collaboration for preparedness and response to the Ebola disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) …
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