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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint parliamentary team, comprising the Public and Local Government Accounts committees, has tasked officials from Post Bank Uganda Limited, MTN and Airtel to provide accountability for the 2.85 billion Shillings reportedly spent on administrative costs to send COVID-19 relief cash to vulnerable Ugandans. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has stopped the implementation of orders of the Constitutional Court which among others, barred civilians from being prosecuted before the General Court Martial. The Constitutional Court had ordered that the files for all civilians facing trial before the General Court Martial be transferred …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Security Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi has denied any influence in the signing of the contract between the government and a Russian company to install digital monitoring systems in all motorcycles and vehicles. Muhwezi on Thursday presented a personal statement on the floor of …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has postponed the operationalization of the boda boda free zone in Kampala. It has also denied reports that the authority is chasing boda bodas out of the city. Social media has been awash with messages that KCCA is working with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the Commander in Chief of the armed forces has called on retiring UPDF senior officers and Generals to use their pension appropriately in order to live a dignified life. Museveni said if the retiring officers squander their pension and go …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the joint Committee of Public Accounts have rejected a report presented by the Kampala Resident City Commissioner (RCC), Hud Hussein on the Covid-19 relief funds. On Thursday, Hussein presented two pages detailing the number of people who have benefitted from the funds. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund-NSSF has asked parliament to split the current Fund into two to provide for workers who would want to have midterm access to their savings. Speaking to reporters at the NSSF head offices in Kampala on Thursday, Richard Byarugaba, the NSSF’s managing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of ICT and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi has said that government is not after weakening Buganda in the yet to be introduced amendments to the land laws. Speaking on Thursday at the Uganda Media Centre, Baryomunsi said the government is just concerned about the …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Minister of State, Office of the Vice President Diana Mutasingwa Kagyenyi was involved in an accident along the Kampala-Gulu highway. The accident occurred at Bamusuuta village in Nakasongola district on Thursday evening. Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson Isah Ssemwogerere says that Mutasingwa who is also the Buikwe Woman …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel have recovered a double cabin pick-up truck of the late MP Ibrahim Abiriga, which was stolen two weeks ago. The vehicle registration number UAY 668G, white in colour went missing from late Abiriga’s residence in Anyafio village Arua city last month. It was later …