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Dubai, United Arab Emirates | THE INDEPENDENT |  Standard Chartered Bank has reported its highest operating profit since 2015 in the Africa and Middle East region. It its financial results for the full year and fourth quarter ending 31 December 2021 released Thursday, Standard Chartered reported that operating profit grew to a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty Opposition legislators have so far signed a motion seeking to censure the Minister of Security, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi for allegedly abdicating responsibility in the face of torture of Ugandans by security officers. Joyce Bagala, the Shadow Minister of Information and Anti-Corruption revealed the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of scientists is to embark on a research trial about the new sickle cell treatment and some other complicated diseases. Dr. Martin Ongol, the Acting Executive Secretary Uganda National Council for Science and Technology-UNCST, says that the gene therapy treatment technology was discovered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Principal Judge seeking to allocate his two pending cases to a High Court Judge other than Musa Ssekaana. Ssekaana on Tuesday issued a warrant of arrest directing every police officer to arrest Mabirizi upon sight and be taken …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament mainly from the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party are secretly signing a motion seeking to drop Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake from the Parliamentary Commission. Sources indicate that more than 200 legislators have already appended signatures on the document that is reportedly …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, is responding well to treatment, Deputy Speaker Anita Among has said. During the House sitting on Thursday, 17 February 2022, Among said the Speaker is recovering well and that he has spoken with a number of legislators. “Rt Hon. …

Kaliro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five fishermen in Kaliro district are in police custody for suspected fish poisoning, along Lake Nakuwa in Gadumile sub-county. The suspects are Anthony Mukisa, Swaliki Baligeya, Dan Kalenzi, Issa Mugweri and Nicholas Ibanda. They were arrested Thursday morning and locked up at Nawaikoke police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Admissions Committee has enrolled 26 out of the 33 students from Biomedical Sciences who appealed for consideration. For about five years, applicants for this course have been struggling to get enrolled. The 26 appealed to the admissions committee to effect a 2018 …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stella,13 and 15-year-old Joy (not real names) got pregnant during the prolonged school closure as part of Uganda’s COVID-19 containment measures. Upon learning that they were pregnant, they were told that there was no more schooling for them – a negative reality for many …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ahamada Washaki, the Mbale Resident City Commissioner has tasked the city authorities to organize elections for the executive of Mbale Central Market. It follows complaints by some vendors against the Ayubu Madoi led executive for allegedly mismanaging the affairs of the market, financial impropriety and …