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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has assured Bibanja holders living on Mailo land that their land tenure is legally protected and no one should evict them. Those chasing them from their land were doing so illegally, said the President, adding that it was in contravention of …

  Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Ugandan police said Friday they had arrested 10 officials working at a camp housing refugees, mainly from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, for stealing food aid. Benon Byamukama, police chief for the region in western Uganda where the Kyaka II refugee camp is located, …

Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Forty-four African countries have signed an agreement establishing a free trade area seen as vital to the continent’s economic development, the head of the African Union said Wednesday. The creation of a free trade area — billed as the world’s largest in terms of participating …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda has sent a strong delegation to Kigali where African leaders will formally launch the African Continental Free Trade Area Treaty on Wednesday, but the country is reconsidering its full involvement in the pact as it is. Uganda, in many ways like …

Separating fact from fiction Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | According to official figures, tourism contributed up to US$1.35 billion into Uganda’s export basket in 2016, and was the single highest foreign exchange earner; contributing 23.5% of total exports. Based on those figures, the tourism lobby; which has advocates on …

Critics say shelving the proposed pension liberalization bill exposes the Shs 9 trillion fund to political and corporate governance risks Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s National Social Security Fund finally won the battle to retain its status as a mandatory scheme for all employees in informal and formal …

Government move to stop telcos from selling SIM cards through agents could hurt the company’s revenue going forward Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | MTN’s subsidiary in Uganda has recorded a surge in revenue for the year ended December 2017 amidst a sharp fall in subscriber base. The full year performance results …

TUMUKUNDE SACKING: How Museveni played `inner circle’ politics Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | By the time he fired the former Minister for Security; Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, President Yoweri Museveni had been resisting pressure from within his inner circle to act. Tumukunde’s sacking was not an easy decision because he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University will abolish evening courses starting with the new intakes for the 2018/2019 academic year as it takes steps to reducing undergraduate student numbers, increasing graduate student admissions and cutting costs. All continuing students of Makerere University currently enrolled on the evening programmes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved government borrowing of up to Sh459 billion from Japanese and European banks meant for the completion of construction of the new bridge across the River Nile. The other loan is meant to finance the Masaka-Mbarara power transmission line. The loans were …