Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s communications regulator on Wednesday ordered the country’s main independent newspaper the Daily Monitor to shut down its website. In a letter to the newspaper’s managing director, the head of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Godfrey Mutabazi, said the Daily Monitor had failed to register …
Read More »Fish maw business now to be regulated
Tough regulation for fish in offing Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWASA | Fish maw business will soon be regulated to minimize exploitation of fish farmers and suppliers. Vincent Sempijja, the agriculture minister told The Independent in an interview that the sale of fish maw has become a lucrative business for …
Read More »Parliament rejects ministerial statement on interdicted Immigration officials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of parliament have rejected a statement from the Public Service Ministry on the status of Godfrey Sasaga, the Director Citizenship and Immigration Control and Apollo Kazungu, the Commissioner for Refugees. The duo was interdicted last year on the directives of President, Yoweri Museveni. …
Read More »Traffic Police stuck with 20,000 driving permits
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force is stuck with over 20,000 driving permits that have not been picked by traffic offenders. Some of the permits have been confiscated from errant drivers and multiple traffic offenders. The drivers are usually expected to pick the permits after …
Read More »Uganda records increase in stomach, colon cancers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute is recording an increase in cancers of the stomach and colon. The surge is attributed to unhealthy and sedentary lifestyles and change in diets, among the population, according to Dr Jackson Orem, the Executive Director of the Uganda Cancer Institute. …
Read More »Ghost voters in 2021: Register deaths to clear them
Crispin Kaheru is the Coordinator of the Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy (CCEDU) which recently wrote an open letter to President Museveni on electoral reforms. He spoke to Ian Katusiime about the issues raised. In your open letter to the President, you talk about monetisation of elections but this sounds …
Read More »Proposed fisheries law to stir sector growth
MAAIF, FAO advance efforts towards regulation of fisheries and aquaculture Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT TEAM | Uganda will soon have a new Fisheries and Aquaculture law, if the proposed Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2018, is reviewed and approved by Cabinet and Parliament. The proposed law is a revision of …
Read More »Economic costs of increasing debt
Understanding the high risk burden to the economy posed by the current debt level COMMENT | Ezra Munyabonera | Due to high borrowing costs—especially domestically—Uganda’s debt burden may reach unsustainable levels in the medium term, unless government slows down on accumulation of new debt. Since the start of implementing infrastructure …
Read More »Uganda budget 2019-20 will jump to Sh34.3 trillion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sh 34.3 trillion is the resource envelope for financial year 2019/2020, up by Sh 2 trillion from the current financial year. Of the Sh 34.3 trillion, domestic revenue collections are expected to generate Sh 18.3 trillion, according to National Budget Framework Paper. The economy itself …
Read More »Primary school teachers degree program excites educationists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Educationists have welcomed a move by Kyambogo University to introduce a Bachelor’s Degree programme in Primary Education. They are optimistic that the programme will improve professionalism and efficiency among primary school teachers. Teacher education in Uganda is delivered mainly through primary and national teacher …
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