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The big stories in this week’s The Independent. GET YOUR COPY NOW. Cover Story Following the re-election of embattled Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and an Opposition-dominated KCCA Council, the swords have been drawn in for a brutal fight for supremacy in the city management with Executive Director Jennifer Musisi and …

Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago will not be allowed to return to his office until the current term expires and he is duly sworn in. The Attorney General yesterday advised that it would be contempt of court orders to allow the Lord Mayor back today as he had wished. Through …

  Uganda Police chief Kale Kayihura has ordered the arrest of Moses Seruwu, the owner of Kyaseka Towers along Makerere Hill Road, that collapsed on Monday. Kayihura gave the directive after he held a meeting yesterday with lawyers of the owner of the building, relatives of those who died and …

President Yoweri Museveni has concluded his week-long security assessment tour of the Rwenzori region with a visit to the world famous Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda. As part of the assessment tour, President Museveni took a boat cruise of the entire Kazinga channel where he viewed game park …

Newly elected Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has said nothing will stop him from entering his office next week. “I wish to reiterate my earlier communication that I will officially access the Lord Mayor’s parlour on Thursday 14th April at 11am as there are no legal fetters stopping me …

US Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac has challenged youth and students in particular to take up the responsibility to drive change in the country. “The youth ought to value hard work, dedication and teamwork as partners to take responsibility of change in the nation. The future is not lost. It …

Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis on Friday opted for no change in the Catholic approach to homosexuality but signalled a more open stance on cohabiting and divorced believers under new Church guidelines on family life. In his 260-page “Apostolic Exhortation”, a long-awaited document which is likely to disappoint advocates …

President Yoweri Museveni has ordered increased army deployment in Bundibugyo after learning that bandits have forced many people to flee the villages and run to town where there is better security. “We can’t entertain banditry and we can’t negotiate with bandits. They either come out or we shall get them …

SN Power Company from Norway are set to take over the development of the Bujagali hydro-power station in Jinja from SITHE GLOBAL Company. The Norwegian hydro power investors led by the Chief Executive Officer of SN Power Company Torger Lien on Thursday briefed President Yoweri Museveni on their plans. Museveni assured …

ENG | Fbl | Leicester| AFP Claudio Ranieri has urged Leicester not to lose focus as he tries to guide the shock leaders past the Premier League’s winning post. On the weekend of the Grand National, Ranieri’s side can take another significant stride towards becoming English football’s most unlikely champions …