Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cross section of leaders of political parties and organisations have mixed reactions to provisions in a bill to regulate election campaign financing. The bill has been drafted by activists led by Alliance for Finance Monitoring – ACFIM and is expected to be moved …

Lokodo pleased, LGBTs say study misunderstood Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s Minister for Ethics and Integrity Fr. Simon Lokodo has welcomed results of a recent massive study that shows that the so-called ‘gay gene’ is a total myth. “Of course there is no person born gay,” said Lokodo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University needs shillings 7.5 billion to construct a stop students’ center through the university’s Endowment fund (EF). This is according to Dr Muhammad Kiggundu Musoke, the university’s acting communications and international relations manager. He discloses that the Mak Run 2019 is part of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is investigating circumstances under which 14.9 billion shillings was paid to Messrs. Sendege Senyondo & Co Advocates. The firm had reportedly represented Kampala city Council and later Kampala Capital City Authority in courts of law for a period of 20 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn murder charges against State Minister for Information, Communication and Technology Idah Nantaba and three others, with whom they were on trial for the death of one Ronald Sebulime. Ssebulime who was riding a motorbike was arrested and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police spokesperson Fred Enanga has said that a suspect in the shooting of former Buyende district police commander Muhammad Kirumira, died before providing the killer gun to investigators. Kirumira was killed alongside a female friend Resty Mbabazi Nalinnya near his home in Bulenga, Wakiso …

My experience | Gyagenda Semakula Zikusooka | I woke up at 3:30am on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 and made up to be able to catch my flight to Nairobi. My only reason for this trip was to be one of the very first commercial travelers of the revamped Uganda Airlines; …

The continent must also overcome significant hurdles if it is to grab the 4IR opportunity | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa has taken three significant steps in recent months on its journey to a stronger economic future. In March, the African Union launched the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli has told President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to forego short term gains in terms of taxing oil companies and focus on longer term benefit. Magufuli, who was hosting Museveni at the Tanzania-Uganda business forum in Dar-es-salaam on Friday, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has hailed Gen Gregory Mugisha Muntu, the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) leader for being the most principled politician in Uganda today. Rukutana says General Muntu is not a double standard politician who speaks the truth as it …