Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Winners in the just concluded National Resistance Movement- NRM internal elections have said their party is now a case study when it comes to internal democracy. NRM delegates from across the country on Thursday elected nine members who will steer the party for the next …
Read More »KCCA issues 7 day ultimatum to 59 buildings for ignoring SOPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has listed 59 commercial buildings that are not observing standard operating procedures for the management and control of COVID-19. The Minister in charge of Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Betty Amongi told journalists earlier today that the city task force had inspected …
Read More »Failure to attend court sessions worries settlers on Kayunga suit land
Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The pursuit of justice for residents who are threatened with eviction from land in parts of Makukulu and Nakabango in Kayunga district is imperiled by their inability to attend court sessions. More than 800 residents from the Makukuulu in Kayonza sub-county and Nakabango in Kitayimbwa …
Read More »Atiak Sugar Factory finally starts production in Amuru
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Atiak Sugar Factory in Amuru district has finally started production, four years after erection of the plant in Gem Pachilo village, Atiak sub-county. The agri-business is co-owned by Horyal Investments Holding Company Ltd and the government of Uganda. It aims at creating and sustaining farmers’ …
Read More »200 trainees fail one-year police training
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 police recruits failed the one-year police training course which is ending today at the Police Training School in Kabalye, Masindi district. Police in August last year recruited 5,100 Probation Police Constables and Assistant Inspectors of Police. However, slightly more than 4,800 trainees …
Read More »Small banks pay higher interest to savers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Saving with a smaller bank earns you a better return than you would get with glamorous bigger banks, analysis of the latest Bank of Uganda data compilation shows. The data which shows what the banks pay you and charge you shows that commercial banks outside …
Read More »Former Ngora County MP Francis Epetait wins FDC primaries
Ngora, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Francis Epetait, the former Member of Parliament for Ngora County has emerged winner in the Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party primaries. Epetait on Thursday defeated his rivals with 320 votes. He was contesting against Paul Emaru who garnered 72 votes while Charles Aeko …
Read More »MV Kalangala to resume operations end of August
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works has said that MV Kalangala will resume operations by end of this month when renovation works at the Nakiwogo and Lutoboka docking piers are completed. MV Kalangala that plies the Entebbe – Kalangala route suspended its operations in February this year …
Read More »Kitgum hospital seeks UGX 500M to construct modern mortuary
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum General Hospital administration is seeking 500 million shillings to construct a modern mortuary. The facility that serves the entire four districts in East Acholi currently relies on a dilapidated mortuary that was constructed in 1938. Bezy Omoya, the Kitgum General Hospital senior administrator says …
Read More »Domestic violence claimed 10 lives, injured 400 in Kampala during lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 10 people were killed while 402 others sustained injuries in domestic brawls within the Kampala Metropolitan policing area during the COVID-19 lockdown. Records at the Kampala Metropolitan police headquarters show that 10 people were killed by their partners between March 18 and July …
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