Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan Editors have condemned the attacks and restrictions on journalists covering the strike at Makerere University. Students at the university have been involved in running battles with security for more than a week, as they led a strike against a cumulative 15 per cent increment …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doris Akol, the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA Commissioner General, has recalled the order that required individuals and corporations transferring sh50 million and more abroad to have a tax certificate. The order, which became public on Wednesday and had been issued by Commissioner Domestic Taxes Henry Saka, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons services is seeking to secure at least 8,000 acres of farmland for commercial cotton growing in the newly created Karenga district. This is part of Presidential directive on large scale cotton-growing throughout the country. Karenga, bordering South Sudan from the North-Eastern part …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The commencement of the implementation of the e-government procurement process will take a little longer than anticipated with government saying the system still has gaps. Benson Turamye, the Executive Director of Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), said on Thursday that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Gen. Kahinda Otafire has said that he legally acquired 50 acres of Njeru stock farm land. Otafire told Parliament on Thursday that he did not grab government land, but bought it from an individual. The 1,099-acre farm located …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Education Committee to investigate the unrest at Makerere University. Kadaga’s directive followed a debate of the students strike and the brutal raids by the army on students Halls of residence. On Wednesday, Parliament passed a motion …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Human Rights Commission – UHRC has noted with concern the appalling conditions of children imprisoned alongside their mothers in prison facilities across districts in Acholi and Lango sub regions. The Commission cites awful conditions that the children are enduring including congestion in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | African Courts have come under heavy criticism at the African Judicial Dialogue for posting poor scorecards in resolving controversial Presidential Election petitions on the continent. This was during a plenary discussion on the roles of Judiciary in Africa in managing election petitions at the ongoing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new report by the World Health Organisation-WHO has offered tips to leaders on tackling accidents and Non Communicable Diseases-NCDs. The report, power of cities: tackling Non Communicable Diseases and road traffic injuries, notes that although cities face a lot of public health challenges from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Obudhingiya Bwa Bwamba cultural institution wants Rwenzururu Kingdom to change its name to either Obusinga Bwa Bakonzo or Bukonzo Kingdom as one of the ways to foster peace in the region. Obudhingiya Bwa Bwamba Prime Minister, Wilson Mubulya, says Rwenzururu needs to contemplate about …