Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned civil servants against sectarianism while delivering services to the country. President Museveni also asked public servants to treat as satanic any person promoting sectarianism which he described as a poisonous ideology because it sets up communities against each other and …
Read More »Deputy Speaker extends financial support to jailed MPs wives
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, has extended financial support to the wives of incarcerated Members of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana. Ssewanyana, Makindye Division West MP and Ssegirinya, Kawempe Division North MP have been on remand since September 2021 over charges of murder …
Read More »Justice Musa Ssekaana recuses himself from Mabirizi’s cases
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana has stepped down from hearing four applications filed by lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi, seeking to set aside a decision to send him to prison for contempt of court. Ssekaana issued an order for the arrest of Mabirizi on February 15, 2022, …
Read More »Government, investors doing little to avert oil curse: Report
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bad land tenure systems, bad economic situation and corruption are abetting human rights violations in the areas where mining and oil and gas sector activities are happening, according to recent studies. These include environmental rights, child rights, access to property and information, and the right …
Read More »THE INDEPENDENT: Museveni ‘moles’ in opposition fight
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Museveni ‘moles’ in opposition fight: Who wins when Mao attacks Bobi Wine over money? THE LAST WORD BOU’s Crane Bank disaster: Why those who thought they were above the law will soon realise …
Read More »Court of Appeal dismisses Mabirizi’s application for temporary freedom
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal in Kampala has dismissed an application by city lawyer Male Mabirizi seeking to be released from prison pending an appeal challenging the 18-month sentence given to him for contempt of court. In a decision by the Court of Appeal Justice Christopher …
Read More »Kikuube beneficiaries given one week ultimatum to return emyooga funds
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kikuube district are struggling to recover a sum of 1.12 billion Shillings that was distributed to various savings groups under a presidential initiative commonly known as emyooga. The presidential initiative was rolled out in October 2020 to support among others, market vendors, welders, …
Read More »Bunyoro Kitara prince petitions lands minister to halt Bugoma forest boundary reopening
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Prince of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Fred Mugenyi Rucunya has petitioned the Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development to halt the ongoing boundary reopening of Bugoma central forest reserve. Last week, the ministry, National Forestry Authority-NFA, and Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom embarked on the …
Read More »Kisoro magistrates court staff arrested over bribery
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vianney Ngororano, a staff at Kisoro Chief Magistrates Court is in trouble for allegedly receiving a bribe. Ngororano, 29, who is currently being held at Kisoro police station was arrested on Thursday by the police, Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), and Internal Security Organization (ISO) …
Read More »SMEs complete business survival, recovery and continuity training
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 60 decision-makers from 46 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises have graduated from the pandemic-response online Business Continuity and Survival Training that was organized by the Employment and Skills for Development in Africa Programme (E4D) in September 2020. The E4D programme is commissioned by …
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