NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have faulted the government for using statistics that do not give the real picture of the state of affairs to define the performance of the economy. An example is the Debt-to-GDP ratio that the government uses to determine the safety and strength of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Works and Transport, General Edward Katumba Wamala has issued a ‘shoot on sight’ order targeting vandals stealing rail sleepers and materials used for the ongoing repair of the meter-gauge railway-MGR. In February this year, the government contracted China Road and Bridge Corporation-CRBC …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party president Patrick Oboi Amuriat has described the Busongora South parliamentary by-election as a sham and a total failure of democratic practices in Uganda. Amuriat says that the party’s top leadership will soon convene a meeting to discuss if they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Chief Magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis has dismissed a private suit instituted by jailed city lawyer Male Mabirizi, against the Democratic Party president Norbert Mao, and his Secretary General Gerald Siranda. Mabirizi dragged the duo to court on charges of being a common nuisance, disobedience …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has remanded four suspects including a student at Kololo Secondary School on charges related to conspiracy to defraud unsuspecting security officers. The suspects are Derrick Rwothomio, a student at Kololo Secondary School, Mike Mugarura, a resident of Kyanja Kensington Nakawa Division, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala district building control officer has disclosed that Lotis Towers is going to be sealed off over cracked pillars. Peter Paul Wanyama, the KCCA Building Control Officer explained that after confirming the dangerously cracked pillars of the relatively new building, the next logical step …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the country marks 50 years since the expulsion of Asians from Uganda by former President Idi Amin Dada, two distinguished scholars have said there is going to be another expulsion if things continue with the trajectory they are taking. Speaking at a public lecture …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked Entebbe Chief Magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis to explain whether or not she is related to Democratic Party President General Norbert Mao. Mabirizi says Amabilis must recuse herself from the case in which he instituted private criminal proceedings against Mao and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers sitting on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have cited death threats relating to the ongoing probe into the irregular operations of the Uganda Airlines. Preliminary findings of the Committee have pinned down the Airlines Chief Executive Officer-CEO, Jenifer Bamuturaki, …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Kitgum district have arrested the 7th ring leader of criminal gangs who have been terrorizing the district in the past three weeks. The suspect identified only as Canacana, was arrested last evening from Opete village, Labongo Amida sub county, with two of …