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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has denied businesswoman Molly Katanga bail for the third time. Despite her legal team’s arguments that her health is deteriorating and that she remains, in law, an unconvicted citizen, Justice Rosette Comfort Kania ruled on Thursday that the seriousness …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Kizza Besigye has called off his hunger strike after the transfer of his charges from the military court to a civilian court. He was this morning charged with treason and misprision of treason at Nakawa court. JUST IN: Opposition doyen @kizzabesigye1 has called …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved tax waivers of over Shs9.5 billion for selected local investors for the financial year 2024/2025. This followed the adoption of the report of the Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development on approval of the waivers. The report presented by Committee …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, has tasked government to account for new missing members of the National Unity Platform (NUP). Ssenyonyi said several of their party members have allegedly been kidnapped by unknown people in Kampala and Mpigi. “As we are still grappling …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Retired Col Dr Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Obeid Lutaale Kamulegeya and Captain Denis Oola on charges of treason and misprison of treason. Prosecutors allege that the charges were committed in various countries including Switzerland, Greece, …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Products of the new lower secondary school curriculum are confident, can communicate better and can apply the acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes in reaI life situations. Presenting a Statement on the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) grading system under the new curriculum, the Minister …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The country is giving former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Boniface Aron Okoth Ogola a final salute with a funeral service starting 9am today at All Saints Cathedral Nakasero. The Government has granted an official burial to the late former IGP. The body leaves for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Centenary Bank, Uganda’s leading microfinance institution, has today announced that it will host this year’s edition of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) Annual General Meeting. The event, which will be held at the prestigious Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala will run …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Musa Lukwago, a resident of Kyengera on the outskirts of Kampala, started his delivery business in 2016. For a while, business was good—until he began receiving orders that required him to have a reliable means of transport. Determined to meet customer demand, Musa set …

UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | China will always be a sincere friend and reliable partner of Uganda on the African country’s road to development and revitalization, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made …