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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University will no longer delete the names of dismissed staff from the payroll with pending appeals before the Staff Appeals Tribunal. The Makerere University Staff Tribunal Chairperson, retired Justice Patrick Tabaro made the ruling while reviewing an application by Dr. Juma Anthony Okuku and …
Read More »People Power’s Bobi Wine launches new political front
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The People Power Movement will channel their political activities through a party – the National Unity Party (NUP) that they have merged with. Leader Robert Kyagulanyi ‘Bobi Wine said the National Unity party will be the political wing, of the People Power Movement. The National Unity …
Read More »Former Kitalya prison inmates sue government over torture, homosexuality allegations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty former inmates from Kitalya prisons in Wakiso district have sued government for compensation. The former inmates were picked up from a house in Kyengera Town Council in Wakiso district towards the end of March this year for flouting Covid-19 preventive guidelines. The applicants …
Read More »Two babies die at Arua hospital during power outages-Director
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least two children die at Arua Regional Referral Hospital during every power outage, the Hospital Director Dr. Philbert Nyeko has revealed. He reveals that two children die in the neonatal ward each time there is a power outage. West Nile Rural Electrification …
Read More »Stella Nyanzi officially quits Makerere to join politics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Stella Nyanzi has officially quit her job at Makerere University as a research fellow to pursue her political ambitions. The acting Makerere University Human Resource Director, Lawrence Ssanyu announced Dr. Nyanzi’s decision to quit in a July 21st, 2020 letter. Dr. Nyanzi tendered in …
Read More »Museveni challenger accuses party EC of trying to lock him out
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Ssimbwa, the former Makindye East Member of Parliament has accused the National Resistance Movement-Party Electoral Commission of trying to frustrate his efforts to challenge President Yoweri Museveni for the position of party chairman. Ssimbwa, who notes that President Museveni has no time for the …
Read More »Museveni vows to crush protestors as he allows salons, 110 arcades to reopen
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has allowed 110 arcades in Kampala to reopen for business after four months of closure. Museveni ordered the closure of several businesses including arcades and salons at the end of March as a means of slowing the spread of the coronavirus disease. …
Read More »Gov’t issues standard operating procedures for boda bodas
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) for boda boda cyclists. This was disclosed by the State Minister for Transport Joy Kabatsi on Tuesday while addressing Parliament. Ministry of Health issued regulations that riders are not supposed to carry passengers since it could …
Read More »Kitgum municipality endorses readjustment of USMID project designs
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum municipal officials have recommended for re-adjustments on the architectural designs of selected roads and bus park under phase one of the World Bank-funded Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructural Development Project [USMID] project. This follows the presentation of draft architectural designs for the selected …
Read More »UNRA to divert traffic at Naalya roundabout
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has revealed plans to divert traffic at Naalya roundabout to allow for the ongoing expansion of the Northern bypass. UNRA’s media relations manager, Allan Ssempebwa says effective July 23, Kamuli road that leads to Naalya roundabout shall be closed and …
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