Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City Council has started the valuation of all properties to be taxed in the next five years. The city’s revenue collection for the financial year 2021/2022 was projected at 4.7 Billion Shillings. However, by the end of the second quarter, only 1.3 Billion Shillings …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is high between the employees of China Railway No3, which is constructing Moroto-Lokitelenyala road in Moroto district and the local community. Residents accuse the Chinese contractors of poisoning 28 goats belonging to members of the local community. A postmortem conducted by veterinary officers from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital, Dr. Baterana Byaruhanga has been arrested. The State House Health Monitoring Unit led by its Director Warren Namara picked up Dr. Byaruhanga on Tuesday afternoon for alleged mismanagement of the national referral hospital. According to Namara, the …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale based lawyer Gordon Nabutele has sued the Attorney General for alleged interference in the affairs of Bamasaba Cultural Institution alias Inzu Ya Masaba. Nabutele accuses the Attorney General of making a pronouncement that there is no rightly elected successor to the former Umukuka, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makindye based Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF General Court Martial has sentenced Private Sam Omeno from the Special Forces Command-SFC and Nathan Esia, a peasant to 33 years in jail for robbing Shillings 750,000. The General Court-Martial chaired by Lt. General Andrew Gutti convicted the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The acclaimed Stanbic Bank Uganda annual National Schools Championship (NSC) is back, and participants have up to March 8, 2022 to submit their business idea entries to stand a chance of winning grand prizes worth over UGX60million, it said on March 01 in a media …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan on Monday called for reaching understandings between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia to start a smooth and effective negotiation on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “Sudan is the most in need for consensus among the three countries, and has been negatively affected by the prolonged …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has licensed Wagagai gold mining company, a Chinese firm to start producing gold products in Busia district. The company embarked on the construction of its gold refinery valued at USD200m in phases in the district in 2016. The second phase is expected to …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Union (EU) should be ready to face the cost of its sanctions against Russia as Moscow is now widely expected to retaliate, EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell warned on Monday. “Sanctions will backlash, sanctions have a cost … …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the fight against sexual harassment in higher institutions of learning gains momentum, the dress code has become an issue of concern. During a presentation on sexual harassment in higher institutions of learning at a three day International Conference for Gender Studies in Africa held …