Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss a petition in which Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake is challenging the decision to remove him as a member of the P. Zaake was impeached by Members of Parliament on March 10, following …
Read More »BOU cautions against cyber fraud as NSSF launches smart card
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda has tasked the National Social Security Fund-NSSF to ensure there are no cases of cyber fraud as the fund launches a three-in-one social security smart card. With the card, the fund’s qualified members will be able to directly withdraw their NSSF …
Read More »Security burst ADF training center in Luweero
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security on Thursday burst an Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) training center in Luweero district. The ADF is an affiliate of the Islamic State in central Africa and is also blamed for the bombings in the Ugandan capital Kampala last November that left six people dead …
Read More »MPs asked to guard against corruption
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have been asked to guard against corruption tendencies and ensure that Parliament continues to be held in high regard. The statements were made by Justine Kasule Lumumba, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister in charge of General Duties on Wednesday, 15 …
Read More »French Embassy launches programme for intergenerational and creative feminist movement
Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | To continue supporting the effort of the Ugandan feminist society, the Embassy of France in Uganda launched an initiative aimed at financing the activation of the innovative ideas of creative innovative movement. The program titled, ‘For an intergenerational and creative feminist movement,’ will be allocated …
Read More »Ugandan scientists build low-cost air quality monitoring system
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a tiny workshop at Uganda’s top university, Makerere University, tech-savvy youths develop a low cost air quality monitoring system that experts say will influence decision-making regarding the increasing air pollution in the east African country. According to the 2021 World Air Quality Report, Uganda’s …
Read More »Teachers lured back to class with PTA allowances
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Secondary and primary schools in different parts of the country are luring teachers to classes with the promise of increasing the Parents, Teachers allowances. At many of the secondary schools that Uganda Radio Network visited, learning was taking place despite calls by the Uganda National …
Read More »Police hunt former presidential candidate Joseph Kabuleta
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies are hunting for Joseph Kabuleta, a former presidential candidate, a day after his offices were raided by security personnel. On Wednesday, armed security personnel dressed in civilian clothes searched the offices of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue located at Luthuli Avenue in Bugolobi and …
Read More »Tayebwa asks German MPs to woo investors to Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has asked legislators from Germany to interest their investors to set up shops in Uganda. Tayebwa told a delegation from the Bundestag (Germany’s National Assembly) led by Stefan Rouenhoff, who represents the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, that the country …
Read More »UPDF captain detained over misappropriation of emyooga funds
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dan Byakika, a captain from the UPDF Jinja cantonment and the chairperson of the Northern Division Veterans Emyooga Sacco, is in trouble for the alleged misappropriation of Emyooga funds. He was picked by officers from Kiira police region for allegedly withdrawing Shillings 24 Million from …
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