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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement -NRM has said all aspirants for district chairpersons and Members of Parliament must have certificates showing that they tested negative of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) before they are nominated.  Speaking to reporters at the NRM Electoral Commission headquarters at Plot 13 Kyadondo …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Acting Chief Justice Afonso Owinyi Dollo has officially opened the hearing of 40 criminal cases by the court of appeal sitting in Mbale. The cases are being heard through zoom technology due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.      The sessions which will last …

Fort Portal, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been rushed to Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital after they were knocked by one of the convoy vehicles escorting Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. The accident happened today at Booma as the three were riding  on a boda boda heading to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | There is growing uncertainty and confusion among private school teachers about the proposed teacher’s Relief Fund. Whereas many teachers are still green about the development, several others are holding endless meetings trying to figure out how they can benefit from the funds, which are meant …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority – URA says it will waive penalties for taxpayers who will come out to voluntarily declare the taxes that they were supposed to pay but didn’t pay it. The window for voluntary disclosure comes after an amendment of section 66 of the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police has directed Radio and Television stations across the country to notify police commanders within their areas of operations about their late night shows that might require their guests to move beyond curfew hours. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga says that it has come to their …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Nakisunga Sub County LCIII Chairperson Mubarak Ssekikubo and four members from the Namuyenje village council committee have been remanded on charges of theft and malicious damage.   They were sued by their fellow resident Justine Nakasujja who accused them of organizing a mob against her, vandalizing …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Criminal Investigations Directorate – CID has dispatched a team of detectives to hunt for poachers in the Murchison National Park. A source at CID intimated to Uganda Radio Network- URN that a team of 13 detectives commanded by Assistant Commissioner of Police – ACP …

Bundibugyo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Over 5000 floods victims in Bundibugyo district are living under appalling conditions following the closure of the Internally Displaced People’s-IDP camps. The affected persons from 900 households mainly from Busunga Sub County were displaced when River Lamiya at the Uganda-DR Congo burst its banks in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Solicitor General Francis Atoke has withdrawn the undersecretary at the Judiciary from a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) session in Parliament over a questionable 398 million Shillings expenditure. The undersecretary Maureen Kasande had been asked to explain an expenditure of 398 million Shillings which lacked …