Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated the need for Busoga University to teach marine engineering and related courses. He made the statement after commissioning 12 marine ambulances at the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF marine base in Entebbe. The event took place on Friday, May …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has been tasked to recover the payment made to ROKO Construction totaling 15.72 billion Shillings irregularly paid in regard to the Nakawa-Naguru land. The payment is deemed irregular because claims by third parties against government were not allowed and ROKO could only claim …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The minister of state for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Asamo Grace Hellen has promised to support the idea of using a gender tool dubbed Gender Action Learning System (GALS) methodology as government moves to implement the Parish Development Model. This methodology was developed in …
Read More »
Recurrent expenditure ✳️ Ministry of Finance Shs2.3 trillio, ✳️ Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs Shs1.2 trillion ✳️ Lands, Housing and Urban Development Shs503 billion Development expenditure ✳ Defence Shs2.3 trillion ✳ Ministry of Health Shs1.4 trillion ✳ Energy gets Shs1.4 trillion ✳ Uganda National Roads Authority Shs2.5 trillion Kampala, …
Read More »
Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mityana District is hunting a group of gunmen who mounted a roadblock and robbed an unspecified amount of money from passengers aboard a Kampala-bound Link Bus. It is alleged that the passengers were traveling on a night bus from Bundibugyo when the …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Centenary Park Monument in Kampala shall be relocated as Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA undertakes construction of the Kampala Flyover Project. The monument standing at the park opposite the Electoral Commission offices was designed by Makerere University lecturer, Sylvia Nabiteeko Katende to mark 100 …
Read More »
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man of Indian origin survived being lynched by angry residents in Arua city after he knocked dead a pedestrian last night. The deceased, Ismail Uriama, was a former driver of late Ibrahim Abiriga, the former member of parliament for Arua Municipality who was assassinated …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Director of Legal Services at Makerere University has appealed to the staff tribunal over his dismissal. Javason Kamugisha and Davis Malowa Ndanyi, the Director of Human Resources were dismissed early this month after serving for a year. They were appointed on probation and …
Read More »
NEWS ANALYSIS | BAKER BATTE – URN | On Friday, May 13, 2022, Muwema & Company Advocates and Solicitors asked Monitor Publications to retract a story stating that High Court Judge, Musa Ssekaana had asked the Uganda Registration Services Bureau-URSB to consider documents in the Simba Telecom takeover. In …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has observed that the variation in the acreage of land allocated to different investors at Nakawa-Naguru by Uganda Land Commission (ULC) connotes the existence of intentional fraud. The Adhoc Committee of parliament, which has been investigating the distribution of 82.05 acres of Nakawa-Naguru …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price