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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate is hunting for more than 70 teachers accused of swindling money released by the government for teacher’s Savings and Credit Cooperation Organisations- Saccos. In an effort to boost the welfare of teachers following numerous strikes over poor pay, President Yoweri Museveni …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has granted permission to the Uganda Law Society to conduct a virtual Annual General Meeting. The meeting that brings together more than 3,500 members is scheduled to take place on September 10, 2021. The permission follows a successful application by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the long-awaited cancer radiotherapy bankers at Nsambya hospital is set to start next month, thanks to a series of fundraising drives led by Rotarians in Uganda. The construction of the banker is budgeted to cost 4 billion Shillings. So far, Rotary has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil society activists have cautioned the government against directly instigating reforms on the mailo land tenure system as a solution to rampant evictions in the country. The proposal comes at the height of great suspicion by the Buganda Kingdom over a proposal by the central …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint committee of Parliament has directed Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to present accountability for 100 million Shillings spent by its five divisions to collect data for the COVID-19 relief beneficiaries. The joint parliamentary team comprising the Public and Local Government Accounts committees was tasked …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba has halted the planned eviction of more than 3,000 people, from disputed land in Kasanje-Nakigga village, Bukakata sub-county, Masaka district. The affected persons are mainly pastoralists and peasant farmers occupying more than three square miles of land in Kasange-Kigga village, Kiteredde, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has halted the planned compensation of 3.8 billion Shillings to city businessman Dodoviko Mwanje, on whose orders the structure of St Peters Church of Uganda in Ndeeba was demolished. The Principal Judge Flavian Zeija made the ruling on Monday noting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Ochola has urged Ugandans celebrating Olympics medals won by police officers to extol his predecessor, Gen Edward Kale Kayihura for his efforts to revamp sports activities in the force. Ochola in a statement shared to journalists by Police Spokesperson Fred …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two teachers including a head teacher in Arua city have been arrested for conducting lessons against the presidential directive on COVID-19 prevention. David Ondoma, the head teacher and Margaret Wanjiri of Lauka, a private primary school in Golf Course Cell Arua Central Division were picked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira Motors Corporation says it will deliver 10 buses by end of this year, a paltry one percent of the more than 1,000 buses the state owned corporation had promised. The 10 buses, Allan Muhumuza, the Director of Marketing and Sales at Kiira Motors says …