Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum District Local Government has increased its budget for the financial year 2022/2023. The district council on Thursday approved a draft budget of 36.9 Billion shillings, an increment of 1.007 billion shillings up from the 35.9 billion shillings in the financial year 2021/2022. The draft …

Abim, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army has deployed heavily along the Otuke-Abim border to stop Karamojong cattle rustlers from invading the area. The soldiers are deployed at Alir parish, Ogwete sub-county in Otuke district. Over the last few weeks, several residents fled their homes and relocated their animals for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ongoing nurses and midwives strike is illegal. This is according to the Ministry of Public Service. The ministry’s declaration comes after nurses and midwives under their union, the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council on Tuesday laid down their tools due to government’s failure to …

Cellulant processes $300,000 worth of payments daily in Uganda and facilitates $1b in transaction volume every month across different payment channels in Africa. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cellulant, Africa’s leading payments company, won the Award for Excellence in Embedded Fintech at the 7th edition of the Africa Fintech …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Grade One Magistrates Court has halted the proceedings in which city lawyer Male Mabirizi is accused of offensive communication until further notice. Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Sanula Nambozo on Friday halted the proceedings and forwarded the file to the …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of district councilors in Kikuube have tabled a motion to censure three members of the District Executive Committee-DEC over allegations of corruption and forgery. The motion to censure Vincent Alpha Opio, the district Vice-Chairperson, the Secretary for works, and Nicholas Kiiza, the Secretary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Mukono has sentenced to life imprisonment, 45-year-old Muhamad Wamala, a witch doctor in Kayunga district for the murder of Zulaika Nansamba alias Mirembe and aggravated human trafficking. Wamala on Thursday appeared before Justice Margret Mutonyi for sentencing. According to the …

African Transition Mission in Somalia, where UPDF troops are deployed, is largest multilateral peace operation Kampala, Uganda | Ian Katusiime | With 6,162 troops, Uganda is the second largest contributor to peacekeeping operations worldwide as of December 31, 2021. This was contained in a new study done by SIPRI, a global …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister in Charge of Microfinance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo is mooting for the establishment of a cooperative bank to save small enterprises the burden of exploitation under the high-interest credit facilities. According to Kasolo, many small and medium sized enterprises are struggling to operate …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Magistrates Court at Nabweru has remanded Bernard Illatum, the headteacher of Kazo Mixed Day and Boarding Primary School in Nansana municipality, Wakiso district for the alleged fraudulent sale of land. Illatum was on Thursday jointly remanded with the chairperson of the school management committee …