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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has recommended that National Medical Stores-NMS should face competition with other players in the field. Legislators this Thursday afternoon approved parliament’s Public Accounts Committee- PAC, report carrying a recommendation that the monopoly of National Medical Stores be stopped. The report on the findings of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Kenya has started defending itself in a case in which Kampala based lawyer Male Mabirizi sued it for banning Ugandan maize and poultry in their country. In its defense filed before the East African Court of Justice in Nairobi sub registry, the Kenyan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | National Medical Stores (NMS) has hit back at accusations of improper conduct leveled against them by parliament, arguing that they are not backed by facts. NMS said it was particularly alarmed by concerns by Members of Parliament (MPs) that the institution is not using …

Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kagadi police are holding six people, among them a witch doctor on allegations of kidnapping two children. The witch doctor has been identified as Sylvester Bagonza, a resident of Kyomunembe cell in Kagadi town council, Kagadi district. The particulars of the remaining suspects have been withheld …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has drawn a plan that it hopes will increase the level of industrialization to 31.7% of the value of the Ugandan economy (GDP) in the next 10 years up from the current 27% recorded in 2018/2019. The new National Industrial Plan, it is hoped …

Farmers in Kasese are grappling without extension services which have affected their production rate Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The failure by extension workers in Kasese district to reach out to the community is affecting farming activities. Many extension workers have reportedly abandoned their duty stations or take long to respond …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Despite a report by the Inspector General of Government (IGG) stating all procurement procedures were followed and no money was lost, the Public Accounts Committee-PAC has recommended a forensic audit on the National Medical Stores to establish the supply of uniforms worth sh13.35 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two prosecution witnesses have today contradicted themselves in the murder case against Godfrey Lukabya, a traditional healer. The state accuses 58-year-old Lukabya of unlawfully killing a one Moses Kalikwani in June 2019. While presenting its case this morning, the state produced four witnesses. They included, Martin …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Pajule town council and Bongtiko sub-county in Pader district have reacted to the 25 year jail sentence handed to former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Dominic Ongwen by the International Criminal Court-ICC Judges. The joint sentence was delivered by the ICC presiding judge …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several properties of departed Asians have been repossessed despite their full compensation by the government, the Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has revealed. The sub committee chaired by Ibrahim Kasozi, the Makindye East legislator has been investigating mismanagement of properties left behind …