NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The House resumes today, 24 hours after Speaker of Parliament Anita Among hastily adjourned the House due to the absence of government Ministers. Adjourning the House, Speaker Among, said she will have to discuss with the Executive on solutions to the perennial absenteeism of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has granted bail to two District Engineers attached to the Office of the Prime Minister who were remanded a day earlier on charges of abuse of office and Corruption. The two are Dathan Nuwagaba Kahima, the Project Engineering Officer …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The People’s Progressive Party-PPP has urged the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC to find a neutral individual or group to facilitate a reconciliation process within the party. In an August 31, 2023 letter, the Acting PPP Chairperson, Sadam Gayira, asks the FDC Party President Patrick …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has upheld an 18-year jail term for Muhammed Ssebuwufu, the proprietor of Pine Car Bond for the murder of Betty Dona Katusabe about eight years ago. In a unanimous decision delivered on Wednesday, a panel of five Supreme Court Justices – …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hearing of an application in which Fortunate Kyarikunda is seeking to set aside a ruling in favor of Richard Tumwiine in a breach of a marriage promise has been pushed to October 17th. Kyarikunda lodged the reinstatement application after losing three similar petitions before …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Chief Justice, Richard Buteera, has expressed concern about corruption tendencies reported within the judiciary, particularly at the chief magistrate’s courts. He raised these concerns while closing a nine-day induction training for newly recruited chief magistrates at Collin Hotel in Mukono. Justice Buteera …

Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has affirmed a 38-year prison sentence for Abel Ariho, who was convicted for the murder of his grandmother, Evarine Kembaho, a resident of Keitumura Cell in Rukungiri district in 2012. The evidence presented during the trial in the High Court …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic was paralysed along the busy Lira-Soroti highway this morning after a fuel tanker overturned and caught fire. The fuel Tanker registration number SSD 321V/ SSD 320V carrying an unspecified quantity of fuel belonging to Narus Company Ltd in Kenya was traveling from Eldoret …

Kakumiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight people have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident that occurred last night in Kakumiro district. The deceased persons whose particulars are yet to be established are market vendors who were travelling in a Fuso truck registration number UBE 854D from Kisengwe market …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Inspectorate of Government (IG) and the Attorney General’s office have dismissed allegations of abuse of office and corruption leveled against the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Board, and okayed the ongoing restructuring and phasing out of the position of directors. “… we hold the …