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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua city authorities have cautioned developers of abandoned buildings to provide security at their sites as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Most of the abandoned properties are found along Mango road, Hospital road, School road, Lumumba road and Weather Park head lane …

Kassanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana Catholic Diocese Dr. Joseph Anthony Zziwa has criticized people for reclaiming land donated to the church by well-wishers. Many people have been donating land to the church over the years, which has enabled it to construct churches, schools, and health centers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four Makerere University students have sued the University Council over the suspension of the guild elections. In July, the University council suspended the students guild and indefinitely deferred elections for the university’s 88th guild president after Betungura Bewatte, a student of Uganda Christian University (UCU) …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga has stressed that leaders fighting against the Nyege Nyege festival to start on Thursday at the Itanda falls in Butagaya sub county, Jinja district want to economically sabotage Busoga sub region. While representing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Council-KCCA Council has resolved to conduct investigations into the irregular operations of law enforcement officers. The resolution stems from a report about the conduct of the officers that was presented by the Central Executive Committee. During a council sitting on Tuesday, …

But the houses are too expensive for the average Ugandan Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s pension fund has placed more than 370 housing units for sale at its Lubowa Housing Project on Entebbe Road in Wakiso District but they are expensive to the average local population. NSSF Managing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers want the National Forestry Authority (NFA) audited over the disappearing forest cover in the country. They accuse the forestry body of championing activities which have led to deforestation, contrary to their mandate of promoting tree planting. This was during debate of the report of …

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bukwo LCV chairperson Julius Moses Chelimo is wanted by the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID for alleged defilement and trafficking, police spokesperson Fred Enanga has revealed. “We are hunting for the chairman LC5 Bukwo district. He has a lot of power and influence in the district …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The HealthTech Hub Africa, founded by the Novartis Foundation and the Norrsken Foundation, and located at the Norrsken East Africa House in Kigali, has announced the second Africa HealthTech Challenge. The HealthTech Hub Africa is a health tech accelerator with a physical co-working and community …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least six people including three bankers and two lawyers have been remanded by the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala for conspiring to defraud Tropical Bank Limited of 2.1 billion Shillings. The suspects are Hajjara Nansubuga, Faridah Nasiiwa, and Deborah Acen, all bankers from Tropical Bank …