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Do not lose it all in the last 10 days of the year COMMENT | Samson Tinka | As we enter the final bend to Christmas and New Year ’s Day celebrations, a lot is at stake including life, cars and other valuables.  End of year festive celebrations in Uganda as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Mobile Money Uganda Ltd customers are now enjoying reduced sending money rates across all networks in and outside the country, making sending money via MTN MoMo cheaper, affordable and simpler this festive season. The new MTN MoMo sending rates apply to three simple tiers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union has announced up to Shillings 232 billion to finance Uganda’s climate change contributions. The money is part of seven years commitment plan to support the country achieve its environmental protection targets. The money is meant to support different interventions to boost afforestation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has instituted a fresh charge of aggravated trafficking against an American couple. The two had been previously charged with torture of their 10-year-old foster son. Mackenzie Leing Spencer and her husband Nicholas Spencer, who are residents of Naguru Hill in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists have questioned the approach used by the government to control disease outbreaks and pandemics using coerce law enforcement. Speaking at the launch of a report, “Finding Humanity in uncertainty: Pandemic Preparedness and Response in Uganda released by the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government-IG plans to display a list of corrupt public officials in two months arising from its investigation processes. The list includes officials who have failed to implement recommendations from the Inspectorate of government, or the court rulings arising from corruption and abuse …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Cabinet’s decision to start a human rights sub-committee has riled the Uganda Human Rights Commission chairperson, Mariam Wangadya. She criticizes the decision as an attempt by the Cabinet to usurp the mandate of the Commission, which was established under the 1995 Constitution. The decision …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipal Council has set up a seven-member committee to investigate the town clerk, Godfrey Kisekka, and his deputy, Luboyera Majerani over unpaid hotel bills resulting from the purported committee sittings. The committee members are led by Richard Nsanga, as chairperson. The other members are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Trial Chamber at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking additional information from victims of former Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebel commander, Dominic Ongwen in a build-up to the reparation processes. The presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt last week instructed the court’s registry to conduct a …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF and the police Anti-Stock Theft Unit-ASTU, have recaptured 41 of the inmates who had escaped from Moroto prison. At least 224 inmates escaped from Moroto government prison in September 2020, and went with 14 guns belonging to prison warders and …