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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalEnergies says the current energy market disruptions have reinforced the necessity of dialogue on a global basis about the energy transition. Pouyanné in a statement said with the increased penetration of renewables globally, natural gas keeps a key role in the energy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima Sugar Limited is on the spotlight for allegedly breaching the National Environmental Management Authority-NEMA guidelines issued to the company. The company leased close to 22 square miles of the contested Bugoma Central Forest Reserve land from the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom for sugarcane growing for 99 years. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders under the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) have petitioned the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, on the high costs of doing business and prayed that government stops selective giving of tax waivers. KACITA led by their Chairperson, Thadeus Musoke, said that following the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked the European Parliament to stay away from Uganda’s oil industry and learn to be tolerant of other people. This comes as the debate of the EU Parliament resolution that called for the halting of the Uganda crude export pipeline earlier …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom His Highness Dr. Solomon Gafabusa Iguru Agutamba Rukirabasaija is not happy with the EU Parliament over a resolution to stay the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) for a year. The EU Parliament wants the entire EACOP project delayed …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials have ruled out an outbreak of Ebola in Kyangwali refugee settlement area in Kikuube district. There was panic among refugees at the settlement after two of the refugees presented with symptoms similar to those of Ebola. The patients both men aged 40 and …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Martin Ochola, has warned private security companies that have not heeded the order of deploying two guards per station to minimize incidents of being targeted by thugs. Ochola in what he has termed as ‘final warning’ issued on his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP has warned its MPs against participating in anyway in the election of members of the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA scheduled for Thursday. Speaking on Tuesday after a meeting of all opposition political parties represented in parliament, Manjeri Kyebakutikka, the deputy opposition …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prosecutors have asked the International Crimes Division of the High Court to dismiss the bail application filed by five people accused of harvesting a kidney from an immigrant worker, Judith Nakintu arguing that it is premature at this stage of pre-trial hearing. The accused are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police on Tuesday blocked a meeting the City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago organized with leaders of different boda boda groups in Kampala to discuss the draft Public Transport Management Ordinance. The meeting that was scheduled to take place at the City Hall could …