Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least fifteen companies from Qatar are in Uganda to search for partnership opportunities with Ugandan counterparts. The companies are in six sectors, including manufacturing and agro-processing, which will be led to Uganda by the Qatar Development Bank in Uganda between September 10-11, 2019. …
Read More »Party leaders express mixed views on proposed Election Financing Bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cross section of leaders of political parties and organisations have mixed reactions to provisions in a bill to regulate election campaign financing. The bill has been drafted by activists led by Alliance for Finance Monitoring – ACFIM and is expected to be moved …
Read More »Social media posts put Mbale woman MP’s spporter in jail
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hudson Ngotowa, a supporter of Mbale Woman Member of Parliament, Connie Galiwango is in trouble for offensive communication. He was picked up from his home in Bulambuli district on Saturday and held briefly at Mbale Central Police station where he was charged with four counts …
Read More »Makerere needs Ugx 7.5bn to construct student’s centre
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University needs shillings 7.5 billion to construct a stop students’ center through the university’s Endowment fund (EF). This is according to Dr Muhammad Kiggundu Musoke, the university’s acting communications and international relations manager. He discloses that the Mak Run 2019 is part of …
Read More »KCCA probes UGX 14 billion payment to law firm
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is investigating circumstances under which 14.9 billion shillings was paid to Messrs. Sendege Senyondo & Co Advocates. The firm had reportedly represented Kampala city Council and later Kampala Capital City Authority in courts of law for a period of 20 …
Read More »DPP withdraws murder charges against Minister Nantaba
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn murder charges against State Minister for Information, Communication and Technology Idah Nantaba and three others, with whom they were on trial for the death of one Ronald Sebulime. Ssebulime who was riding a motorbike was arrested and …
Read More »Suspect in Kirumira murder died before releasing killer gun
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police spokesperson Fred Enanga has said that a suspect in the shooting of former Buyende district police commander Muhammad Kirumira, died before providing the killer gun to investigators. Kirumira was killed alongside a female friend Resty Mbabazi Nalinnya near his home in Bulenga, Wakiso …
Read More »New CCTV details emerge on Entebbe Expressway shooting
Vehicle Captured Moving Four Times Before Entebbe Expressway Shooting Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The vehicle in which two people were shot along the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, was captured four times moving between Kajjansi and Entebbe, between 8 and 10 p.m. on the fateful day. The vehicle, a Toyota Land …
Read More »CCTV: Police confident they have key suspect in murder of Nagirinya
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three suspects, including a driver captured on CCTV, have been arrested for the kidnap and subsequent murder of social worker, Maria Nagirinya. Nagirinya and her driver Ronald Kitayimbwa were kidnapped on August 28, outside her home in Lungujja, on the outskirts of Kampala, …
Read More »2019 Mkutano forum to focus on science, technology and innovation
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The 2nd Economic Mkutano for which the focus is the role of science, technology and innovation in economic development is scheduled for Sept.12 at Sheraton Kampala Hotel. The Mkutano serves to facilitate open debate in which conclusions enable the organisers to script their …
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