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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntoroko Chief Administrative Officer-CAO Anselim Kyaligonza spent the night behind bars after failing to secure bail due to the lack of substantial sureties. Kyaligonza appeared before Fort Portal Chief Magistrate Moses Kule Rubangura on Tuesday on charges of forgery. He was charged with ten counts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seventeen percent of women in the country think gender equality is not practical and that men are more knowledgeable than women, a new baseline survey to assess access to equality by women has revealed. Funded by the Kingdom of Netherlands, the survey was conducted by the …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Attan Okia, the ejected Soroti East Member of parliament has bounced back unopposed as the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party candidate ahead of the by-elections. The Soroti FDC registrar, Juma Opolot declared Attan the sole FDC candidate on Tuesday. This came a day …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has razed down four dormitories at Bwera Senior Secondary School in Kasese district. Each dormitory was accommodating 30 students. According to a source in the school, there were no casualties as the students were attending preps when the fire broke out on Tuesday night. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated his support for the deal the government made with Vinci Coffee Company Ltd to process and export Ugandan coffee. The controversial deal has drawn widespread condemnation from sections of the political class and people involved in the coffee industry, saying …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has interested Ugandans into investing in the stock markets, saying that this will facilitate the money multiplier effect while avoiding business losses. “There are people who are good at multiplying money. So, if I planned to have 60 percent of my savings …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to position Uganda as a preferred tourist destination in the East African source market, Uganda Tourism Board participated in this year’s Karibu KILIFAIR at Magereza Grounds in Arusha Tanzania from June 3-5. The tourism agency said, Karibu-Kilifair attracted over 400 exhibitors from …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region is investigating circumstances under which 17-year-old Josephine Namuli, a senior four student at Wanyange girls school, located in Kakira town council, Jinja district died. Namuli apparently committed suicide by hanging on Tuesday morning at around 7:30am. She is reported to have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has surpassed the middle-income status threshold and is only awaiting a declaration, according to President Yoweri Museveni. In his State of the Nation Address on Tuesday, Museveni said that the economy has now grown to US$ 45.7 billion, which is slightly above the population …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Islamic University in Uganda-IUIU council has called for support from the government and Muslim donors to establish a medical center of excellence. Addressing journalists at the government-owned media center on Tuesday, the IUIU council chairperson Faisal Abdul Aziiz Alzamel, said that besides receiving support from …