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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Finance Committee have questioned officials from the Office of the Auditor General-OAG about funds from donors provided to government agencies. Led by the Auditor General John Muwanga, officials from the Office of the Auditor General on Thursday appeared before …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved a government request for a sh280 billion supplementary budget to purchase two bombardier planes from Canada. The approval of the funds during a plenary session chaired by Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah is part of a bigger supplementary expenditure request of sh770.2 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Governor Bank of Uganda – BoU Professor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has warned commercial banks against charging high-interest rates to loan applicants. Professor Mutebile made the remarks on Thursday during a meeting with residents of the Rwenzori region at Kalya Courts in Fort Portal. A …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police deployed heavily in Kaliro district on Thursday to block a scheduled consultative meeting by the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party at Nawampiti landing site. Police used tear gas and live bullets to disperse the FDC supporters who had declined to vacate the landing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the government to allocate sh7.5 billion for dialysis centres in the 13 regional referral hospitals. Dialysis is purification of blood done for patients whose kidneys cannot sufficiently function. It is estimated that about 8 million Ugandans suffer from kidney related diseases, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee has directed Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) to redraft documents relating to the company and its shareholders. The directive by the Committee Chaired by Ntenjeru North MP Amos Lugoloobi followed a meeting between legislators, Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija, Works and …

Mombasa, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has tabled a supplementary budget before parliament to allocate sh3 billion to the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters chaired by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire. The Minister of State for Planning, David Bahati says they received a request for extra funding from the …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A prominent businessman in Kabale town has won a suit against Centenary Rural Development Bank-CERUDEB for impounding his property. In May 2018, Moses Sunday obtained a loan of Shillings 25 million to increase stock in his business. He staked his Canter vehicle registration …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Abraham Kansiime, a student of bachelor of Automotive and Power Engineering at Kyambogo University has lost his hand after it was shattered by a teargas canister. Kansiime sustained serious damage on his right hand when he tried to pick up the canister and hurl …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nation Oil Distributors Limited has called off the scheduled maintenance and survey of MV Kalangala citing the delayed arrival of engineers from Lloyds. MV Kalangala was scheduled to ceases operations today to allow for maintenance and survey for insurance purposes. The vessel has been …