NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers have criticised a supplementary expenditure of Shs57.6 billion under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to cater for an out of court settlement to a United States based energy company, Albatross. Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee made their reservations while receiving responses …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ben Oluba, the town clerk of Atiak town council in Amuru district is in trouble for allegedly selling three government planting machines as metal scrap. He was picked up from Atiak town council on Tuesday after the planting machines were discovered at a metal scrap yard. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts – Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has put Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)’s technical team to task over delayed payment of causal workers who have gone for months without pay. Led by KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, the technical …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Paul Mugabe, the Buhaguzi Constituency Mechanic Emyooga Saving and Credit Co-operative Society-SACCO chairperson in Kikuube district is in police custody for allegedly swindling Shilling 15 million belonging to the SACCO. He was arrested on Tuesday on the directives of Haruna Kasolo, the State Minister for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has been cited in the alleged mismanagement of relief food meant for the people of Karamoja. According to the Committee on Presidential Affairs that is currently investigating the alleged misuse of Karamoja relief items including iron sheets, goats and maize …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nearly a month after the reopening of school for the first term, it has emerged that a section of teachers and learners in senior three are still struggling to select their preferred subjects. In Uganda’s education system, learners in senior three and four are required to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has defended himself as “innocent” in the Karamoja iron sheets scandal that has sucked in several ministers. Kasaija said that whereas he received iron sheets from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), he did not …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has rallied developing countries to jointly reject what he described as unfair trade and deceitful practices by the European Union. Speaking at the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Parliamentary conference in Brussels, Belgium, Tayebwa condemned the EU member states for exporting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of the Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl/Boy Child (PISGBC) Project, Dr Faith Katana Mirembe has advised the youth to work hard to transform their lives. “We should not be consumers but producers. We should uprise and work; change that mentality of begging,” Dr …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is suggesting changes in the refugee policy due to dwindling funds from donors. According to the policy, it allows the opening of Uganda’s door to all asylum seekers irrespective of their nationality or ethnic affiliation, and grants refugees relative freedom of movement and the …