Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High Court has convicted two employees of Middle East Consultants company for attempting to traffic 50 migrant workers. The convicts are Godfrey Kyalimpa, the Recruitment and Vetting Officer, and the General Manager, Benon Kunywana. Justice Richard Wejuli Wabwire …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Divine Nabaweesi abandoned her real estate business to venture into bamboo growing and processing it into various types of handicrafts. Seven years later, at her Divine Bamboo Group Ltd (DBGL) based at Najjeera in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District is part of the sustainable energy …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Standard, Utilities, and Wildlife Court in Kampala has remanded businessman Andrew Mark Asiimwe to Luzira prison for alleged impersonation and attempted electronic fraud. Asiimwe, a resident of Bwera Mpondwe Kasese district appeared before Grade One Magistrate, Sanura Nambozo Tuesday. According to the court …
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Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC), in collaboration with intelligence agencies, has successfully rescued 25 Eritrean and Ethiopian nationals in two separate operations at Entebbe Airport and the Busia border point. Derrick Kigenyi, the Deputy National Coordinator in the Internal Affairs Ministry, …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders and residents of Paranga sub-county in Maracha district are advocating for the construction of a secondary school in honor of the late Brig Gad Wilson Toko, a former vice-president during the Tito Okello military junta in 1985. They believe that Toko’s significant …
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Accra, Ghana | THE INDEPENDENT | Four pharmacy students are representing Uganda at the International Pharmaceutical Symposium in Accra, Ghana. They are Sandra Balunga from Kampala International University, Hellena Nagawa Angella and Nicholas Bulega from Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Immaculate Mutesi Kagambo from Makerere University. The symposium, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The commandant of the police canine unit, Commissioner of Police –CP Dr Martin Mugume has warned police officers against charging people to deploy sniffer dogs to crime scenes. Mugume in an interview with URN said nobody should be charged money even if it is …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda’s Katikiro, Charles Peter Mayiga, has strongly condemned any resolutions aimed at impeding the progress of oil exploration in Uganda. Mayiga, leading a delegation from the Buganda Kingdom on a visit to the oil fields in the Albertine region, expressed the Kingdom’s dissatisfaction with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in local governments have been granted the power to appoint administrators in markets as a solution to ongoing disputes between vendors and local governments. The Markets Act of 2023 empowers local governments to directly appoint administrators who will be responsible for managing the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Veterinary Practitioners Bill, 2023, currently under scrutiny before Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, has garnered mixed views from experts. The bill aims to replace the Veterinary Surgeons Act, Cap. 277, which has been in effect since 1958. If passed into …
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