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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition welcomed the sanctions recently imposed by the United States government on the Commissioner General of Prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabashaija. Last week, Byabashaija was sanctioned by the US Department of Treasury over allegations of torture of prisoners. Addressing journalists on Monday, the Leader of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Registrar, Her Worship (HW) Rosemary Bareebe, early this week presided over the enrollment ceremony of 130 advocates at the Judiciary Headquarters in Kampala. On representing the Chief Registrar, Bareebe emphasised the need to “stay on course” by exhibiting high discipline, improvement, and learning. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government received the green light to finance major road works under the Upgrading of National Roads Project in Uganda, through loan funding worth US$325 million (Shs1.23 trillion). This was during the plenary sitting chaired by Speaker, Anita Among, on Wednesday. The loan will be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker Anita Among dismissed claims that each Member of Parliament is going to receive Shs100 million as a bribe for passing the supplementary budget worth Shs3.5 trillion budget. Among said the claims were diversionary, and a strategy used by politicians who are in a bad …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday met with and held discussions with His Majesty Omusinga (King) Charles Wesley Mumbere of Rwenzururu Kingdom and his wife Her Royal Highness Nyabaghole Agnes Ithungu Asimawe at State House, Entebbe. During the meeting, President Museveni was happy to learn …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched the Electronic Investors Protection Portal (EIPP), a digital platform designed to safeguard investment processes in Uganda. The portal which is an initiative of the State House Investors Protection Unit headed by Col. Edith Nakalema will among others; offer guidance to …

Visiting transparency body says government should give citizens more information Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Representatives of civil society organisations working in Uganda’s extractives sector (oil, gas and mining) want money and more freedom to check on the government’s pledge to be transparent and accountable to Ugandans. That is what …

The East African country is fourth African country to offer visa-free access for all African visitors Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Rwanda has become the latest African country to offer visa-free access to all African citizens according to the latest edition of the Africa Visa Openness Index jointly published on …

2023 achievements, hopes for 2024 COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Bobi Wine’s visit to the U.K. after a ten year visa ban capped a year where his political significance soared again after the lull of last year. The party Bobi Wine founded, the National Unity Platform (NUP), went through a …

Why a two-state solution is anachronistic and a one state solution the most viable solution THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | I argued in this column last week, that arbitrary violence by Hamas has always played right into the hands of hawks in Israel. Today, the forces for peace inside Israel …