Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government- IG is seeking a law that will give the government powers to confiscate property acquired by public officials who have embezzled funds. The Leadership Code Act as amended (2021) requires political leaders and public officers to declare their wealth within three …
Read More »Gov’t faulted for not resolving Apaa land conflict
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have accused the government of failing to resolve the prolonged disputes over the control and ownership of Apaa land. Several failed attempts by the government to harmoniously end the decade-long conflict have interrupted the livelihoods of the inhabitants who have suffered burning …
Read More »Oulanyah owes Ugandans legislation on improved healthcare: UMA
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health practitioners under their umbrella body Uganda Medical Association-UMA, have tasked the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah to champion legislation to improve the healthcare system in the country upon his recovery. Oulanyah is currently hospitalized in Seattle in the United States of America where he …
Read More »UCC resorts to mass sensitization on counterfeit phones
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After making various attempts to switch off substandard cell phones in vain, Uganda Communications Commission-UCC has shifted focus on empowering Ugandans to enable them to make informed decisions when buying mobile phones. UCC has for more than ten years made various attempts to get rid …
Read More »Museveni calls on Europe to open up market for African agricultural products
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called on the European Union to open up is market to Africa’s food products and improve farmers incomes. “If you can help us with the European market, remove the distortion that was introduced by the European Union when they introduced European …
Read More »Uganda’s per capita health expenditure far below WHO’s recommended standard
Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa | Ugandan government has more than doubled the health sector budget since the Financial Year 2015/16 but it still remains inadequate, according to preliminary findings in a study carried out by a civil society organisation, Uganda Debt Network. The study set to be released next month …
Read More »New city markets accumulate UGX1.4Bn arrears over low revenue collection
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven markets constructed by the government through the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Project (MATIP-1) have accumulated 1.4 billion shillings in arrears due to low revenue collection, the Auditor General’s report reveals. The government through MATIP-1 redeveloped and reconstructed the seven markets at a cost …
Read More »400 residents face eviction in Nabigasa sub county
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 400 residents of Katenju village in Kyasimbi parish, Nabigasa sub county, Kyotera district are living in fear of eviction from their homes. Emmanuel Bafiirawala, the LC I chairperson of Katenju village says a local businesswoman, Prossy Namirembe has served the residents with eviction …
Read More »Panic as passenger dies in commuter taxi
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was panic in a taxi travelling to Sembabule from Kampala on Tuesday afternoon following the death of a female passenger. The 22-year-old Rose Nampiima reportedly boarded the taxi from New Taxi park in Kampala while feeling unwell. Elly Mutumba, the driver of the taxi …
Read More »Iteso Cultural Union petitions gender ministry over Emorimor’s office
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The speaker of the Iteso Cultural Union John Francis Okuma has written to the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) to allow the embattled council chairperson, Paul Sande Emolot to oversee the office of Emorimor. Emolot and more than 100 members of ICU …
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