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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Male Mabirizi Hassan Kiwanuka first shot to prominence in 2016 after he sued the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, following a directive by Buganda Land Board, the body that manages the Kingdom’s land to register all bibanja holders for them to get lease land …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outcry about high treatment charges for COVID-19 patients at private health facilities will not end, until a greater majority of Ugandans are vaccinated. Doctors in private hospitals in Kampala have warned that whoever is refusing to be vaccinated, will ultimately pay price when …

Were dozens of earlier suspects in Kiggundu, Kaweesi murders arrested on speculation? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three days ago, deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech, released a statement revealing Huzaifa Wampa alias Kanaabe as the 12th suspects in the shooting of Gen Edward Katumba Wamala. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Power has finally been handed to Makerere University Business School don and critic, Ramathan Ggoobi, who describes himself as a pragmatist and a proponent of economics that works. Ggoobi was on Thursday appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Secretary to the …

Critics want evidence in court against Katumba attack suspects, not hyped press conferences Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | At a press briefing last week, Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech, the deputy Inspector General of Police, seemed to have scored a public relations coup for the police force when he broke …

Marginalisation of the minority tribe keeps relief away Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Sylvia Kokunda, a young member from the Batwa minority community in southwestern Uganda has watched with frustration the recent debate on which groups of people in Uganda deserve to get the government cash relief during the …

  World’s youngest nation marks tenth independence anniversary amid great peril Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME |War. Peace agreements. Refugees. UPDF. Those are some of the buzzwords that have been synonymous with South Sudan in the last ten years since it broke away from Sudan in 2011. On July 9, …

Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan marked her 10th independence anniversary on Friday, with the people of the world’s youngest country hoping that the day could usher in an era of stability and tranquility after years of violence and civil strife. During the past decade, the oil-rich country has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education has initiated a process to track and name schools that concealed COVID-19 which later saw a surge of cases in schools. The initiative according to Alex Kakooza, the permanent secretary Ministry of Education, is part of their efforts to prepare …

  New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia was again brought for debate at the United Nations Security Council, with Egypt warning that “a nation of over one hundred million souls – is facing an existential threat”. FULL SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS PARFAIT ONANGA-ANYANGA, …