Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on National Economy has embarked on a tour of Uganda Inter-governmental Fiscal Transfer Reform (UgIFT) Programme funded seed secondary schools as a benchmark for approving a further US$90 million (Shs324bn) loan to build more schools. Led by chairperson John Bosco Ikojo, the Committee is …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two men accused of stealing electricity transmission cables worth Shillings 25 million, thus affecting the rural electrification project in Luwero district are in police custody. The suspects are Brian Mwesigwa, 24, and John Ogweta, 20, both residents of Kasana, Luwero town council. Last year, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Statistics at the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID indicate that 140 people have been killed in the last two weeks. This translates into 10 people being killed every day across the country. At least 79 Ugandans were killed between October 4 and 11, in robberies, domestic brawls, …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Gita Gopinath, chief economist and director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), intends to leave the IMF in January 2022, and return to Harvard University as planned, the IMF announced on Tuesday. “Gita’s contribution to the Fund and our membership has been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary has launched an Electronic Court Case Management Information System-ECCMIS. The system once rolled out at the beginning of the new Law Year, 2022, is expected to reduce contact between the litigating public and court staff, a move that is expected to curb corruption. …

Butambala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an escalation of cases of girl child abuse in Butambala district, which local officials fear is likely to worsen the school dropout rate. According to records from the district, 629 girls aged between 14 and 19 years were impregnated between July 2020 to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has attributed the confusion in the taxi industry to the lack of laws to govern the transport sector. Lukwago said that the wrangles between associations of taxi operators, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA’s failure to collect tax and the uncontrolled …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A special committee of the U.S. House investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a report which holds a former adviser to former President Donald Trump in criminal contempt of the Congress. Released on Monday night, the report recommended that the House …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors of roasted chicken in Wandegeya are living in fear of eviction. The more than 80 vendors accuse their former coordinator, Joseph Kalema of severally threatening to evict them from their stalls. Fred Mayanja, one of the vendors who has been roasting chicken in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday disagreed with Members of Parliament sitting on the legal committee after they turned away the deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi. Kafuuzi had appeared before the committee to answer questions regarding the Law Revision Fines Instrument of 2021. The chairperson …