Sector players accuse government of granting the fuel importation monopoly to a Bahrain-based Company known as Vitol Bahrain E.C under the guise of strengthening UNOC Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Energy, Ruth Nankbirwa has tabled before parliament a bill to regulate the importation of petroleum products. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The City Hall Magistrates Court has summoned the head of Petroleum in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development Spero Byokunda to appear and answer charges related to defrauding a Serbian investor. Byokunda is wanted together with businessman Emmanuel Byamukama to appear in Court …

Alebtong , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alebtong HC-IV in Alebtong district has received a donation of theater equipment worth 21 million Uganda shillings from Stanbic Bank Uganda. The donation comprises of an adjustable operating and delivery bed, a theater operation table and 100 boxes of mama kits which were immediately distributed to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University staff associations have expressed frustration over the University Council’s failure to inaugurate a new Staff Appeals Tribunal, despite the appointment of a new chairperson two months ago. In August, Dr. Henry Michael Onoria was appointed as the new Chairperson of the Staff …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Finance Minister Prof Ezra Suruma is proposing a referendum to determine how the oil revenue should be utilized. According to Suruma, this is one of the ways Uganda can achieve social protection which involves preventing, managing, and overcoming situations such as poverty, poor …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High Court has ordered an American couple to compensate a child they allegedly tortured with 100 million Shillings. Mackenzie Leigh and her husband Nicholas Scott Spencer, were accused of intentionally inflicting physical and mental pain and suffering on …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera has said that the judiciary is revising the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Grade I Magistrates court from sh20 million to sh100 million. The geographical and monetary jurisdiction of a Magistrate Grade One provided for under Sec. 207 (1) (b) …

Oraba-Kaya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in the Central Equatoria State of South Sudan have renewed a demand for the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to lift a ban on the transportation of fuel imposed on the Oraba-Kaya customs border point. In April last year, the URA halted the transit …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Student leaders at Makerere University Business Schools (MUBS) are demanding the appointment of a Principal. In June, the MUBS Council appointed Prof Moses Muhwezi as the acting Principal and kicked off the search for Prof Wasswa Balunywa’s replacement. The term of Prof Balunywa, who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority-URA has secured a gadget that enables customs officials to ascertain the origin of imported rice, to curb tax evasion. This comes amidst reports of increased rice imports from other regions through Tanzania, hence illegally gaining from the East African Community Common …