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KAMPALA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Absa Bank Uganda has today handed over a donation worth UGX100 million to the Uganda Red Cross Society to boost immediate disaster relief to households affected by the Lusanja Kiteezi landfill slide. The funds will go towards strengthening the disaster response by funding the …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Ugandan police said Tuesday there are still more people trapped under the waste mass, following the landslide of the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, Saturday morning. Patrick Onyango, spokesperson for the Kampala Metropolitan Police, told Xinhua by telephone that police are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A case of corruption has rocked the Attorney General’s chambers, as State Attorney Sam Tusubira is remanded to Luzira Prison for allegedly soliciting a 100 million shillings bribe from a litigant in a land matter. Tusubira, 33, employed by the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minutes after the family of veteran journalist, social and political critic Tamale Mirundi confirmed his death, NRM top official Rose Namayanja has hailed his contribution to government. “I am deeply saddened by the demise of Mr.Tamale Mirundi, a journalist whose unmatched analytical skills resonated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lwemiyaga County MP, Theodore Ssekikuubo says the court ruling in the 1.7 billion shillings “service award” has not erased his censure motion against the Parliamentary Commissioners. Justice Douglas Karekona Singiza, of the Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala early on Tuesday ruled that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Judicial Officers Association (UJOA) has petitioned Principal Judge Flavian Zeija, demanding an urgent meeting over the expulsion of Justice Farida Bukirwa from High Court duty. Justice Bukirwa was among the 16 justices who were appointed in acting capacity by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba has issued a directive stopping all transactions related to politician James Rwanyarare’s 640-acre land in Kasanje, Wakiso District. This follows a violent confrontation between Home Care Properties (HCP) and local residents who accuse the company of forcibly taking over their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) Akankwasah Barirega has criticized landfilling as an outdated waste management practice unsuitable for the modern era. “Landfilling of waste in the 21st century is backwardness,” Barirega remarked in Kampala on Monday. Barirega’s comments follow …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has declared that the service award of sh500 million to the former Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Matthias Mpuuga and sh400 million each to three other Commissioners was lawful but improper. The court said it was made possible by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tax exemptions on employment incomes of various government officials is costing government 458.9 billion Shillings a year in foregone revenue, as per the year 2022/2023. According to the Tax Expenditure Report for Financial Year 2022/23, a total of 158.56 billion Shillings or just over …