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Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kiira region on Wednesday impounded a Fuso truck carrying electricity conductors. The truck registration number UAZ 691T, was intercepted by a police patrol vehicle in Bugembe trading center. The conductors were allegedly from Kisenyi in Kampala and were being taken to Giant …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa has lamented the lost opportunity for development and economic power when former Prime Minister, the late Apollo Nsibambi’s advice on amending the Land Act was rejected. Nsibambi and the late Archbishop Livingstone Mpalanyo Nkoyoyo, had proposed …

Pader, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | One person has died and fifteen others were injured in an accident along the Pader-Agago road. The accident involved a bus registration number UAQ 080T belonging to Real Coach Bus Company that occurred on Thursday in Amor village, Luna Parish, Pader town council. David Ongom …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Global Credit Rating Co ltd (GCR) has assigned Uganda Development Bank Limited (‘UDB’) national scale issuer private ratings of AA+(UG)/A1+(UG.) This is a notch below the highest possible rating with the outlook accorded as ‘Stable’. At the same time, GCR has also assigned UDB an …

Oyam, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Oyam district have arrested the LCII chairperson of Awiyo parish, Iceme sub-county for allegedly extorting money from beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE). Francis Ogwang was arrested following complaints raised by elders. It is alleged that Ogwang after supervising …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Geoffrey Bwambale Bwerere has been confirmed as the chairperson Kasese District Land Board. His appointment had been halted in April last year, following a petition to the Inspectorate of Government-IG over corruption. The petitioners had asked the Inspectorate of Government to investigate Bwambale for his …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has blocked Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) from leasing a piece of land under dispute. In 2008, the then Kampala City Council (KCC) leased the land on Port Bell road, Kiswa in Nakawa Division measuring 0.092 hectares to Nowomugisha Shadrack Nzaire, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 17 people have been killed in an accident at Kamdini in Oyam District. The bus registration number UAT 259P traveling from Kampala to Kitgum through Gulu rammed into a trailer registration number UAZ 381A at around midnight at Adebe Cell, Western Ward in Kamdini Town council …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 15 people are feared dead in an accident after a Roblyn Bus headed for Kitgum hit a parked trailer at Kamdini on the Gulu-Kampala highway just after midnight last night. DETAILS TO FOLLOW  BREAKING.15 People have been confirmed dead from a nasty …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to explain the recent shift to programme based budgeting from sector based budgeting. The Budget Committee on Thursday, 05 January 2023 together with other committee chairpersons was expected to meet the Ministry of …