Why many of our politicians go broke after leaving cabinet even though we think they are rich THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Last week, media reported that former Deputy Prime Minister, Henry Kajura, is in financial trouble. Three years after leaving cabinet, he is losing his …
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Latest in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi firepower | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries in the East African region continue to spend more on strengthening their armed forces, according to latest data. Although Kenya and Tanzania are the biggest spenders because of their relatively big budgets, most attention is on Uganda, Rwanda, …
Read More »Who’s buying the biggest guns in East Africa?
Latest in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi firepower Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT TEAM | Countries in the East African region continue to spend more on strengthening their armed forces, according to latest data. Although Kenya and Tanzania are the biggest spenders because of their relatively big budgets, most attention is on Uganda, …
Read More »Museveni: IGP should sack non-committed Police Officers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, to sack all non-committed police officers. Museveni, who was speaking on Thursday after the commissioning of the National Command Centre at Naguru police headquarters, said with available technology, crime won’t …
Read More »400 CCTV cameras yet to be installed in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 400 out of 3,323 Closed Circuit Television-CCTV security cameras planned for Kampala Metropolitan policing area are yet to be installed. Acting Director for Information Computer Technology- ICT, Felix Baryamwisaki, has revealed that 400 cameras haven’t been installed because of the on-going road …
Read More »Commotion in the City as former Mbabazi’s bodyguard stages protest
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was commotion in the city center yesterday morning when Christopher Aine, the former body guard of ex-prime minister, Amama Mbabazi staged a protest for being jobless. Aine, who was accompanied with two others, was holding a sharp knife, saying he is unable to fend …
Read More »NRM youths paid UGX 30,000 to vacate State House
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Each of the 500 National Resistance Movement-NRM party youths who pitched camp at State House Entebbe on Monday afternoon demanding to see the president received shillings 30,000 to leave. Led by Henry Kajubi, the youth stormed State House to deliver a petition to president, Yoweri …
Read More »Museveni anti-corruption walk is mockery-Gen. Muntu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The forthcoming anti-corruption walk by President, Yoweri Museveni is a mockery, according to Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the National Coordinator of the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party. President, Museveni is expected to lead the country in a walk against corruption on December 04th, 2019. …
Read More »Files of teachers accused of sodomy, defilement handed to DPP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID has forwarded the files of two teachers accused of sodomizing and defiling their pupils to the Directorate of Public Prosecution- DPP. One of the suspects whose names haven’t been disclosed is a teacher at King Fahad Islamic primary school …
Read More »COVER STORY: Battle for the ghetto
How Museveni can beat Bobi Wine Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | The 2021 presidential election campaign is in full gear; at least for the incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni. And this time, even after 33 years in power, Museveni appears once again to be bringing something new to the campaign. …
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