Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Mahmood Mamdani, the Director of the Makerere Institute for Social Research- MISR is on the spot over accountability issues barely a fortnight to the end of his tenure. According to correspondences seen by URN, Prof Mamdani is faulted for failure to provide accountability …

Kassanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Museveni has allocated public land to more than 20,000 people in Kitumbi Sub County, Kassanda District. The land measuring 1,214 hectares covering Lubaali Local Council 1, Wandagi, Muyenga, Kalyabulo, Kazinga, and Kyengera villages was in 1977 leased to two people Fred Drake Ndiwalana …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has terminated the contract of the Chief Executive Officer-CEO of Uganda Airlines Cornwell Muleya and other top managers. Waiswa Bageya, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport says that the decision was taken on Friday by the interim board. The …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian parliament members said in a statement on Sunday that the government should not strike a nuclear deal with the Western countries unless they guarantee not to pull out of it, official news agency IRNA reported. The statement, signed by 250 lawmakers, addressed to President …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua| Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday the appointment of the former general Gaby Portnoy as the country’s head of cyber at the National Cyber Directorate. A statement issued by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office said the ministers voted in favor of the appointment. Portnoy, a 52-year-old former …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Ethiopian government on Sunday announced its grand hydroelectric dam has started generating electricity. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday officially inaugurated the first power generation of the mega-dam, dubbed Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is set to be the largest hydroelectric plant in …

Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua |  Frenchman Geniez Alexandre won the first stage of the road cycling race Tour du Rwanda in the capital city Kigali on Sunday. The first stage features a four-kilometer circuit starting from and finishing at Kigali Arena. Riding for France’s Total Energies, Alexandre won the first …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Mining and Minerals Bill, 2021 which will see the establishment of the Uganda National Mining Company which will manage the government’s commercial holding and participating interests in mineral agreements. The Bill that was passed on 17 February 2022 mandates the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY The new Museveni, Mbabazi connection: Can their new plan stave-off coup fear? THE LAST WORD The Uganda-DRC case: How the ruling against Uganda presents Africa a golden opportunity to expose the hypocrisy of …

URBRA made a total of 16 recommendations, of which 13 were adopted by Parliament and incorporated into the new law COMMENT | MARTIN A. NSUBUGA | The enactment of the NSSF (Amendment) Act 2021, came as a New Year Gift, not only for members of NSSF, but for all who had …