Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The legal team of Joel Ssenyonyi, the Nakawa West Member of Parliament has protested a fresh election petition filed against their client. Ssenyonyi’s lawyers from Pace Advocates led by George Musisi, argue that the amended petition filed by Shukla Mukesh Babubhai on May 10, 2021, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has directed the resumption of the hearing of both criminal and civil matters under strict observance of the standard operating procedures aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19. Justice Owiny-Dollo, who had also suspended the hearing of election petitions, has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have rejected a proposal to deduct Shillings 2million from their salaries to support the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. On Tuesday, Esther Afoyo-chan, a Member of the Parliamentary Commission proposed during plenary that each legislator contributes Shillings 2million million to help the government …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Councilors of Laroo-Pece division in Gulu City are demanding an audit of beneficiaries of the government COVID-19 relief cash. The councilors claim that the officials that registered the beneficiaries didn’t consult the LCI chairpersons, denying the chance for the vulnerable people to benefit from relief …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sam Tindimwebwa Kanyamukiza, the Kigezi region Uganda People’s Congress-UPC party vice chairman has resigned and quit the party citing unending party wrangles. In his August 2, 2021 letter addressed to Jimmy Akena, the UPC party president, Tindimwebwa says that he could not withstand the endless …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Bugiri Central College, Deogratius Wafula is in police custody on accusations of leading a mob, which lynched 32-year-old Robert Muzaale on Monday afternoon. He was picked up on Tuesday morning in connection to the death of Muzaale, a renowned entrepreneur in Bugiri …

Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Rubanda district have finally arrested a man who ran into hiding after torching his family home because of wrangles with his wife. The suspect is Denis Kwesiga, a resident of Bigyeegye village in Ikamiro parish in Muko sub-county. Patrick Abeneimwe, the Muko sub …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s Minister of Defense and National Service, Elias Kwandikwa, has died at the age of 55 in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Monday night. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed the death on Tuesday on her Twitter account, saying that she …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents are demanding the repair of non-functional solar street lights in Gulu city citing insecurity. 130 solar street lights have broken down for close to two years and have not been repaired posing fears among road users, especially during night hours. These are part of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament Covid-19 taskforce committee has discovered discrepancies in the Ministry of Health Covid-19 expenditure. The accountability report was presented to the committee by the Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng. This is highlighted in the committee report that is scheduled to be presented before parliament …