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Two UPDF soldiers who were last week  convicted of being in illegal possession of protected animal species worth sh129 million have been given a court fine of sh4 million each, failure of which they should serve two years in Luzira Prison. Corporal Kamugisha Collin attached to Entebbe Airport Guard Brigade …

Independent candidates have failed to convince parliament to change the procedure of Uganda’s East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) elections due on Tuesday. The candidates protested the order to be followed during tomorrow’s campaigns, appealing to the Clerk to Parliament to instead arrange their names in alphabetical order. The 47 candidates are vying …

Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and KCCA councilors have Monday afternoon been blocked from accessing the cordoned-off Park Yard Market, with a group of stick wielding men forcefully ordering them off the premise. Lukwago attempted to access the area after KCCA Council resolved to undertake a fact finding mission to …

Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s court has on Monday issued criminal summons against former Forum for Democratic Change FDC presidential candidate  Dr. Kiiza Besigye after he he failed to appear in court today. Last month Dr.Besigye told presiding Magistrate Noah Ssajjabi that he would not return to Nakawa court for mention of …

Two top practitioners speak to The Independent about their fears and dream Andrew S. Kaggwa Imagine a place where you can go for weight management, management of lifestyle diseases, nutritional support, and guidance and counseling on diet. Now on that list add herbal decoctions, distillates, ointments, creams, and lotions. Finally …

The tricks schools use to raise fees As schools across the country opened for the first term of 2017 a few weeks ago, the anger among parents over hiked school fees appears to have hit boiling point. The media was awash with circulars of various schools, especially government schools which …

Report shows that Rwandans were most responsive to either gentle reminders or positive messages underscoring the role of tax in funding public services By Neil Ford Rwanda has piloted a promising project that encourages more people to pay income tax. The venture boosted tax revenues in 2016 by $9m, according …

Rebecca Kaduru is the Executive Director of KadAfrica, a social enterprise based company. She spoke to the Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba about the potential of social enterprises and agri-business in supporting Uganda’s economy. What are the key elements in your management philosophy? Managing a social enterprise is a bit more …

Link to President Museveni unknown birthday and why many Ugandans don’t like that Currently, the government through the Ministry of Public Service is registering and validating data of its pensioners. This census is scheduled to end on Mar.30. It follows a head count of public servants done mid-last year by …

VIDEO: Just a day to the East Africa Legislative Assembly polls, the NRM has summoned its caucus members for an emergency meeting ahead of the elections on Tuesday, to re-affirm its support to its six flag bearers. NRM caucus Vice Chairperson Solon Silwany, tells NBS that the Caucus will also …