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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Court Process servers have sued the   Officer in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department of Police at Namutumba Police Station Stella Nankunda accusing her of illegal detention. A court process server delivers and serves legal documents such as summons to parties to a case.  …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty primary seven teachers in Nakaseke district have sat examinations to test their competence after their candidates failed Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. According to the PLE results for Nakaseke district, 604 candidates (12.9%) passed in the first division, 2,706 candidates (57.9%) in the second division, 728 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A transport consultant has asked the government to consider allowing private companies to operate railway transport on government infrastructure. Uganda’s developed rail network covers 1,250 kilometres, but currently, only about 20 percent of this is serviceable, with the rest either abandoned or closed. Currently, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation- ATN has called for a comprehensive and value-for-money audit of the expenditure of Parliament. Members led by the spokesperson of the party Gerald Karuhanga and former Leader of Opposition Winnie Kiiza were on Wednesday addressing a press conference at the …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Uganda Badminton Association (UBA) has announced that their women’s team will participate in the Thomas & Uber Cup in China. Simon Mugabi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Association, told Xinhua in an interview on Wednesday that after the withdrawal of South Africa, Uganda, …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Update of the National Resistance Movement party register has kicked off amidst low turn-up in Luwero district. The exercise which is being conducted across the villages in the country will run from Wednesday 13th-Sunday 17th March 2024.  The party seeks to register new supporters …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nile Breweries Ltd (NBL) won the Silver Award in the prestigious 2023/24 Employer of the Year (EYA) Awards organised recently by the Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE). The awards held at Speke Resort Munyonyo under the theme “Employer competitiveness post-COVID” sought to measure …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has introduced the Small Claims Procedure, one of the measures put in place to quicken the resolution of small commercial disputes in three courts in the Western Uganda Region. According to Resident Judge of Kabale High Court Samuel Emokor, the Judiciary has introduced …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The enhancement of remuneration for health workers has not translated into improved healthcare service delivery, the Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng. Speaking at the tenth annual conference on healthcare quality improvement on Tuesday, Aceng said that it had been hoped that the salary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief State Attorney Jonathan Muwaganya has been appointed the head of the newly created Specialized Unit in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP. The unit is charged with the prosecution of Investment Crimes investigated by the State House Investment Unit, the State House …