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    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has said it was concerned with what is happening in Hong Kong. In a statement issued on Friday evening by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uganda says it “firmly supports the One country, two systems policy of the people’s The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Butabika National Mental Referral Hospital have been tasked to explain the stock out of essential drugs at the facility which has forced patients to resort to expensive health care systems. Led by the Executive Director Butabika Hospital, Dr David Basangwa, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & PARLIAMENT MEDIA | A heated debate on Tororo in parliament yesterday ended with the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga directing that the Ministry of Lands present findings from a recent study-visit to London aimed at resolving the impasse. The visit to London was by a verification …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alexander Mugula got his driving permit in 2009 after paying shillings 300,000 to an instructor at Ddembe Driving School. He says the instructor presented him with all the necessary paper work before he proceeded to the Inspectorate of vehicles for the mandatory tests, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All gun applicants will first undergo one-month training. This is according to Apollo Kateeba, the Acting Police Commissioner for Private Security and Firearms. Kateeba, in an interview with Uganda Radio Network, said it is a no longer a matter of just presenting a certificate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | India’s High Commissioner to Uganda, Shri Ravi Shankar has attributed delays to construct the Mahatma Gandhi heritage centre to lack of cooperation from Jinja Municipal council authorities. Construction of the memorial centre at the source of river Nile was pledged by India’s Prime Minister, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS to regulate the standard of edible insects has generated mixed reactions from grasshopper consumers and dealers in greater Masaka region. In its draft standards tabled in September, UNBS notes that given the increasing trade in edible insects …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The prosecution have defended Nabweru Magistrates Court’s jurisdiction to try cases of forgery against three suspects in the murder of former Police Spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The suspects are Bruhan Balyejusa, Shafiq Kasujja and Noordin Higenyi. Last week, the defence lawyers led by Anthony …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bududa district is facing a shortage of secondary schools. Out of the 28 sub counties in the district, only eight have public secondary schools. Students have to trek long distances to the nearest schools in the neighbouring sub-counties which has led to a surge in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP President Norbert Mao has warned his party members against being overridden by the growing political excitement of the People Power pressure group into violating the principles of their party. Mao was on Wednesday addressing a symposium of DP leaders from the …