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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the siege of offices of the National Unity Platfrom (NUP), the brutal arrest of opposition MPs and continued illegal detention of supporters of NUP, a little known MP called Juliet Kinyamatama conspired to divert the House agenda as parliament discussed the deteriorating human rights …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road court has remanded six people including headteachers to Luzira prison over alleged examination malpractice. Among those remanded are Daniel Oleja, Michael Ijalla, and Nasser Sekandi – all teachers from Wakiso-based schools. They were jointly charged with Tadeo Lukyamuzi, Henry Mirembe, and Emmanuel …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyans online wondered about the silence of star marathoner Eliud Kipchoge after his marathon world record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum, a fellow Kenyan athlete. Social media users rushed to offer congratulatory messages to Kiptum after he set a new marathon record of 2:00:34 at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng, has begged parliament to help connect hospitals to industrial power lines in another sign of neglect for the health sector. “The Ministry of Energy is aware. All the hospitals need three-phase transformers but are connected to one-phase transformers. My …

What you need to know ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | On the morning of Oct. 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out a massive attack on Israel that was nearly unprecedented in its scale and scope. Hamas fired rockets from Gaza and infiltrated its operatives across the border, where they engaged …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The House has granted Tororo Municipality Member of Parliament Apollo Ofwono Yeri leave to introduce a Private Member’s Bill entitled, “The Rainwater (Harvesting and Storage) Bill”.The MP presented the motion seeking leave to introduce the Bill during plenary sitting on Oct. 11. The draft Bill …

Given cautious welcome as questions linger remain over unfulfilled promises ANALYSIS | CARLOS LOPES | The annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are due to take place in Marrakech, Morocco, in mid-October. The city and country are still reeling from a devastating earthquake in early September. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In what has become routine, President Museveni used the Independence Day celebrations to continue his public rants about the enormous challenges his government faces. While presiding over the celebrations in Kitgum, he complained about cattle rustlers who have existed there for close to a century. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Social Security Fund (NSSF) managing director, Patrick Ayota has asked court to reject his predecessor, Richard Byarugaba’s plea to have his appointment quashed. Ayota told court to put the stability of NSSF above politics in what he described as “unmeritorious cries of a single …

Civil society groups cite Palma terrorist attack, oppose restarting project Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | French and Mozambican civil society groups have filed a criminal suit against French energy giant, TotalEnergies, in Paris, accusing it of “manslaughter and negligence” during the terrorist attack on Palma, in northern Mozambique about 30 …