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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has tasked officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to explain why they failed to spend 10.1 billion Shillings which was partly meant to compensate Project Affected Persons (PAPs) in different areas. Led by the Permanent Secretary Robert …

Gulu Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of passengers and several drivers are stranded in Gulu district due to the COVID-19 lockdown that started this morning. Gulu district coronavirus taskforce headed by Major Santos Okot Lapolo, the Gulu Resident District Commissioner on Wednesday morning announced a lockdown and equally blocked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former security minister Lt Gen. Henry Tumukunde who at the beginning of this year declared his interest to contest for the presidency has called for a postponement of the 2021 general election. Speaking to journalists at his home in Kololo, Tumukunde said it’s impractical …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 5,000 private schools and higher institutions of learning face permanent closure due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Planning Authority (NPA) has warned. Rogers Matte, the Manager Macroeconomic Planning at NPA says that the closure of schools as part of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security team comprising police officers and Uganda Revenue Authority-URA operatives has impounded 313 packets of contraband super match cigarettes in Soroti municipality. The cigarette that is believed to have been smuggled into Uganda from Kenya was recovered from the home of 37-year-old …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Education Centre –UWEC has banned impromptu visits as it announced new operational guidelines aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19. UWEC managing director James Musinguzi says that the ban on impromptu visits to the centre will enable better planning, enforcing social …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Mbarara has arrested 25 taxi touts for defying presidential directives. Following the suspension of public transport over Covid-19, President Museveni banned touts from the parks as a measure of curtailing the spread of the virus.  The touts were arrested in an operation conducted …

Kalaki, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A decision by the government to limit lessons broadcast to Uganda Broadcasting Corporation- UBC is frustrating learning as the country continues to suffer effects COVID-19 lockdown, according to a cross-section of Parents.     Initially, the government had asked the District Education Officers- DEO’s to submit …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal on Tuesday dismissed an appeal and upheld the decision of the High Court in a suit filed by Bank of Uganda, on behalf of Crane Bank Ltd (in receivership), against Sudhir Ruparelia and Meera Investments Ltd. In dismissing the appeal, …

President Museveni, First Lady mourn late Nkurunziza Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni together with First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni on Tuesday paid their respects to the former Burundian leader, the Late President Pierre Nkurunziza at the country’s embassy in Kampala. On arrival at the Embassy of …