🔵 Top NSSF Probe recommendations ✳ MOUs with COFTU be terminated ✳ MOU to compensate Geraldine Ssali sh1bn be terminated ✳ Get back Sh2.3bn from West Nile Golf Club ✳ Sack Head of business Sajjabi ✳ Notu & Coftu refund sh896 million ✳ Lifestyle audit of MD Byarugaba, agMD Ayota …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | First Deputy Prime Minister Rebeca Alitwala Kadaga has re-emphasised that East African countries must work together to achieve development for all. Kadaga, who is also Minister for East African Community Affairs, has pledged continuous commitment to support initiatives that promote regional integration and economic …
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✳ Arsenal 4 Everton 0 ✳ Liverpool 2 Wolves 0 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Arsenal moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to a convincing four-goal win over Everton at a bouncing Emirates Stadium. Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli both struck their 10th Premier …
Read More »Sack NSSF board – Probe Committee
✳ CLICK TO READ REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS ✳ NSSF board 1. Dr Peter Kimbowa – Chairperson. 2. Richard Byarugaba 3. Patrick Ocailap 4. Aggrey David Kibenge 5. Peninnah Tukamwesiga 6. Sam Lyomoki 7. Annet Birungi 8. Lwabayi Mudiba Hassan 9. Mulindwa Nakawunde 10. Eng. Silver Mugisha Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s …
Read More »🔴 LIVE: NSSF probe chair presents final report in parliament
Probe committee gives 27 recommendations on NSSF ✳ CLICK TO READ REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s select committee that investigated the operations of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is presenting its report today. MP Mwine Mpaka, the committee chairperson, read his findings and recommendations in front of …
Read More »Ruling party’s Tinubu wins presidential election in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Bola Tinubu from Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress party has won Nigeria’s presidential election, the country’s electoral body said early Wednesday. With over 8.79 million ballots, Tinubu secured the highest number of the total votes cast during the election, Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent …
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SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Early 2016, Jenifer Alaroker was transferred to Lapuda primary school located in Paicho Sub County in Gulu district. However, aside from teaching, she wasn’t prepared for the heavy load that lay ahead though she quickly adapted and fitted in. “I was excited to be …
Read More »🔴 LIVE: President Ramaphosa hosts Uganda’s Museveni
Pretoria, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to host his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni for a state visit at the Union Buildings in Pretoria from 11am today. “The Republic of Uganda is South Africa’s 15th-largest trading partner on the continent and the second-largest in East …
Read More »Karamoja, iron sheets and the 2026 elections
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | I first visited Karamoja in 2000 just before the elections the following year. After Soroti town, we hit the 148 kms murram and potholed road for a journey of nearly 18 hours. What I saw on the way stunned me. In almost every trading centre, I …
Read More »Maddox revives good old days at Roast and Rhyme
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Clad in white and black, Maddox awakened the Ugandan reggae roots among the revelers with performances to his timeless jams at the Bell-sponsored Roast and Rhyme Reggae Raga edition at Jahazi Pier Munyonyo. Dembe, loosely translated as peace, kickstarted his live performance with …
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