Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has declined to assent to the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets (Amendment) Act, 2020. The Act passed on February 21, 2020, was aimed at reducing bureaucracies as well as ensuring efficacy and transparency in the procurement of public assets The Act …
Read More »Kampala minister Extend Kitaka’s tenure
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Engineer Andrew Kitaka, the acting Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Executive Director will stay in office until the Public Service Ministry completes the process of recruiting a substantive ED. In her June 25th letter, the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs says they agreed with the …
Read More »Health ministry explains variance in COVID-19 active patient numbers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has explained that the extra COVID-19 active cases that were initially not added to the national tally, are truck drivers who opted to seek treatment in Uganda, as opposed to going back to their countries. According to a statement issued by …
Read More »Presidential aspirant Charles Rwomushana given green light to consult voters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has given a green light to political commentator, Charles Rwomushana to go ahead and do a consultation in his bid to challenge President Yoweri Museveni in the forthcoming elections. In a letter dated June 22, the Electoral Commission Chairman Justice Simon Byamukama …
Read More »Fewer couples embraced ‘scientific wedding’ concept
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several couples cancelled their weddings during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, even as the concept of scientific weddings took shape among Ugandan communities. The concept started with a ban on public gatherings in March 2020 and a suggestion by president Yoweri Museveni that people can abandon …
Read More »Traders plead for reopening as ministers inspect Kampala arcades
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders operating from arcades across Kampala have pleaded for reopening of the buildings to allow them to resume operations after more than three months of inactivity. The arcades remained closed even when the government eased lockdown restrictions opening malls and other shops. But according to …
Read More »25 taxi touts arrested for defying presidential directives
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbarara has arrested 25 taxi touts for defying presidential directives. Following the suspension of public transport over Covid-19, President Museveni banned touts from the parks as a measure of curtailing the spread of the virus. The touts were arrested in an operation conducted …
Read More »Bobi Wine’s people power rubbishes ‘scientific’ election plan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has said either the Electoral Commission organizes a normal election as commanded by the constitution and other electoral laws or abandons the plan for holding elections in 2021. Kyagulanyi told Journalists in Kampala that they were taken aback by …
Read More »Is @KagutaMuseveni a private account? The media experts view
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With 1.7 million followers on Twitter and 700,000 on Facebook, President Yoweri Museveni often uses his social media accounts to make pronouncements on key government decisions, disseminate information on his activities and key policy issues. Yet, the account is considered private according to a recent …
Read More »Night-time curfew continues until president communicates otherwise – Tumwine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister in Charge of Security General Elly Tumwine has announced that the night-time curfew which was declared by President Yoweri Museveni will remain in force until the head of State communicates otherwise. Tumwine had initially announced that the curfew, which runs from 7 pm …
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