Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Immigration officials and Police are holding a doctor suspected to be part of a human trafficking racket that has been operating in Kasubi, a Kampala city suburb. Agnes Igoye, the deputy coordinator for the prevention of trafficking in persons at the Ministry of Internal …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises – COSASE has tasked the Ministry of Finance to expedite payment of sh69.5 billion it owes to the Uganda Railways Corporation. In 2013, the Government resolved to sell some of the URC’s properties identified …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) has asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to recall self-study materials over errors made in the Islamic Religious Education (IRE) and Arabic Content content. Sheikh Juma Bakhit Cucu, the Secretary for Education at UMSC says that the council has …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All is set for the National Cross Country Championship slated for February 12th, 2022 in Tororo. The event which has also attracted top local and foreign athletes will be the first event on Uganda Athletics Federation- UAF 2022 season calendar. According to the Uganda …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Madi Okollo District authorities are investigating a suspected outbreak of Anthrax disease. This follows the death of three animals from a kraal in Payonga village, Panduku parish in Pawor Sub County. Walter Avaga, the assistant veterinary health officer in charge of Lower Madi County …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has this morning ruled that Crane Bank ownership reverts to businessman Sudhir Ruparelia, in a judgment that puts an end to a five-year legal battle preceded by the closure of the Bank The judgment was made this morning as the court …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has told Parliament that government is considering paying all cultural institutions sh60 million monthly to support their activities. Nabbanja made the revelation during a special sitting of Parliament in which legislators convened to pay tribute to the Iteso Cultural …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government collected Sh2.5 billion in the first month of tolling Kampala-Entebbe expressway, says the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). The tolling exercise commenced on January 8, 2022. Allan Ssempebwa, a communications officer at UNRA, says the shillings 2.5 billion was collected within one …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister of Lands Sam Mayanja has cautioned the Zonal Lands Offices against processing land titles for Buganda Land Board saying the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that returned the property to the Kingdom is not yet applicable. In 2017, Buganda Land Board embarked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 90 percent of Ugandans who hold a bank account do not keep more than sh1 million at any one time on their accounts, an indication of the low savings levels in the country. There are an estimated 14 million bank accounts in …