Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butchers in Rwamucucu sub-county in Rukiga district are protesting recently hiked slaughtering fees. The butchers have been paying sh2,000 for each goat or pig slaughtered and sh5000 for a cow. However, last week, the veterinary department ordered them to start paying sh5,000 for each goat …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eng. Patrick Oboi Amuriat has won a second term as President of the Forum for Democatic Change ( FDC) with 800 votes, beating Moses Byamugisha who could only manage 187 votes. At the elections of the National Executive Committee (NEC) at Lugogo had Nathan Nandala …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Local Governments Public Accounts Committee have urged the government to consider writing off loans that were given out under the Youth Livelihood Programme and Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programs. The government undertook to implement the two programs in 2014 and 2015 respectively …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Parliamentary Local Government Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have urged Jinja city authorities to consider negotiations instead of pursuing legal battles. They expressed concern about the increasing number of court cases faced by Jinja City, especially during the 2020/2021 financial year, which …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda has decided to maintain the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at a high 9.5 percent despite further drops in inflation rates in the month of September. The CBR is a tool that the central bank uses to direct the cost …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions, Justice Jane Frances Abodo, has expressed concern about understaffing in her office, revealing that approximately 40 districts do not have prosecutors. Abodo pointed out that while the judiciary has been hiring judicial officers regularly, the number of state attorneys …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Geraldine Ssali, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Co-operatives, has been dropped as Accounting Officer to the ministry after financial queries over use of up to Sh8 billion. This arose from a parliamentary probe into alleged financial misappropriation of supplementary …

Paris, France | Xinhua | “This week,” France will begin withdrawing its soldiers deployed in Niger, the French Joint Defense Staff said on Thursday. “We will begin our disengagement operation this week, in good order, safely and in coordination with the Nigeriens,” the French military headquarters was quoted by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana has allowed the Forum for Democratic Change Party to hold its National Delegates Conference today, dismissing an application by a faction which sought to block the same. Security has been beefed up at the Patidar Samaj …

  COMMENT | Dr ALEESHA ADATIA | According to a Uganda Cancer Institute Report, as of 2020, Breast cancer is the second commonest cancer in Uganda, after Cervical Cancer and Kaposi Sarcoma. Breast cancer was ranked the number six cause of cancer mortality in Uganda, constituting 5.9% of the 22,992 cancer …