Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kyambogo University Secretary Charles Okello is on the spot for an unauthorized budget alteration on a Norwegian scholarship project. The University officials led by Okello on Monday appeared before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament chaired by Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi to respond …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Newly elected councillors in Luwero district will receive less allowances due to loss in revenue in the next financial year. Each district councillor in Luwero has been entitled to 400,000 shillings for allowances per sitting. After-tax deductions each councillor was getting a net pay of …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Muslim faithful in the Masaka sub-region has sued the mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramathan Mubaje for the alleged sale of Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC land located in Sembabule district.   The group, Masaka District Muslim Assets Defenders led by Hajj Hussein Matovu …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti High Court has recorded six election petitions from the Karamoja and Teso sub-regions. The petitions are from Dodoth East Constituency in Kaabong District, Toroma County in Katakwi district, Soroti East and Soroti West Divisions in Soroti City, Ngora County in Ngora district and Matheniko …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has announced a cash bounty of 10 Million Shillings bounty for anybody who will provide information that will lead to the arrest of the people behind the killing of six lions in Queen Elizabeth National park.  The lions were found dead …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Grace Akullo, the Director of Criminal Investigations, has assigned a homicide team to probe last week’s three separate murders of women in Kasubi, Lubaga Division, in Kampala. Three bodies of unidentified women were burnt on three separate days adjacent to  Kasubi royal tombs, causing panic among …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has warned headteachers and parents about the circulation of fake examination papers ahead of the 2020 Primary Leaving Examination-PLE. Addressing journalists on Monday, the UNEB spokesperson Jennifer Kalule noted that the fake papers are being sold by unscrupulous individuals …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Minakulu Township in Oyam District are demanding compensations for atrocities committed against them by rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army – LRA in 1988.  The affected residents say on the 1st of August 1988, LRA rebels stormed the area and overran the then …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Domestic Workers Association has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament seeking for a minimum wage saying they are highly exploited at their workplaces. The Association comprised of over 1,000 local house helps organized under the Platform for Labour Action have also called for the expedition …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity distribution company, Umeme, and the Uganda Police have launched a joint Operation against illegal power connections and related activities, starting with Kampala area. The relaunch of the operation dubbed ‘Komboa’ follows an increase in the level of power losses over the last one year, …