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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) Akankwasah Barirega has criticized landfilling as an outdated waste management practice unsuitable for the modern era. “Landfilling of waste in the 21st century is backwardness,” Barirega remarked in Kampala on Monday. Barirega’s comments follow …
Read More »Court clears Mpuuga in sh500m service award saga, leaves Mwesige in hot soup
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has declared that the service award of sh500 million to the former Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Matthias Mpuuga and sh400 million each to three other Commissioners was lawful but improper. The court said it was made possible by the …
Read More »Tax exemptions for MPs at Sh159 billion every year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tax exemptions on employment incomes of various government officials is costing government 458.9 billion Shillings a year in foregone revenue, as per the year 2022/2023. According to the Tax Expenditure Report for Financial Year 2022/23, a total of 158.56 billion Shillings or just over …
Read More »Kampala lawyer John Matovu dragged to Luzira from court in cooperatives sh4 billion saga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was drama in court on Monday as senior lawyer John Matovu, 62, was charged and remanded to Luzira Prison over allegations of stealing more than 4 billion shillings in compensation meant for the Busoga Growers Cooperative Union. Matovu, of M/S Matovu & Matovu …
Read More »Over 19 million join Trump X space, 122 million view his tweet as he vows to work with Putin
NEW YORK | TASS | US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that he hopes to get on well with Russian President Vladimir Putin again if he wins the upcoming presidential election. “I got along with Putin very well, and he respected me,” Trump said in an interview with …
Read More »First UHRC tribunal sits in Kabale to hear 13 complaints from Kigezi region
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirteen complaints are listed for hearing as the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) extends its tribunal services to the Kigezi region. The first tribunal of its kind in this region started on Monday at the Commission offices on Makanga Hill in Kabale District and …
Read More »Ex-LRA commander Kwoyelo to know fate today after decade-long trial
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo alias Latoni will know his fate today as the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the High Court delivers its verdict on the case in which he is accused of committing war crimes and crimes against …
Read More »Months after controversial UMSC ruling, Acting Judge Bukirwa asked to handover office
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Principal Judge, Dr. Flavian Zeija, has instructed the Acting Jinja High Court Judge, Faridah Bukirwa Ntambi, to hand over all judiciary property and files in her possession. In an August 8, 2024, letter to Justice Bukirwa, Justice Zeija explained that the judiciary did …
Read More »SPECIAL REPORT: An eyewitness account of disaster at Kiteezi
COMMENT | GODWIN TOKO | It is impossible to describe the magnitude of tragedy that befell Kiteezi and Lusanja in a tweet. However, the picture below captures, in part, the mountain of rubbish that peeled off on Saturday morning. This (photograph below) is what is left of it, in the …
Read More »KITEEZI TRAGEDY: Rain hinders rescue operations, victims call for support
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A downpour in most parts of Kampala and Wakiso districts has disrupted the third day of rescue operations at the collapsed Kiteezi landfill. Until mid-afternoon, joint rescue efforts by Uganda Police Rescue Services, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), and the Ministry of Transport and …
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