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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maize growing has topped the list of agricultural enterprise practices in various parishes across Luwero district, a survey conducted ahead of the implementation of the Parish Development Model-PDM has revealed. Last month, Luwero district deployed 386 data collectors equipped with smartphones to collect basic information …

Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Wekesa, an officer from the Ntoroko based commando battalion of the elite Special Forces Command-SFC has survived lynching after resorting to force to resolve a marital dispute. Trouble for Wekesa started when he stormed Busiro village in Banda sub county, Namayingo district on Wednesday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC General Assembly has set term limits for the office of the Mufti. The Assembly was held at the Gaddafi national mosque in Old Kampala on Wednesday. The Mufti is the highest-ranking position in the country’s Muslim leadership, and over the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament-LOP Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba has advised the Muslim leaders to explore internal mechanisms of reconciliation instead of looking to the government as an arbiter to their disputes. According to Mpuuga, mending fences between the warring parties is the most …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Universities will “deeply lower” cut-off points for applicants who will be considered for government sponsorship in the undergraduate programs, according to the Joint Admissions Board-JAB. The board has through its Makerere University-based secretariate, invited students who sat for their Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has issued a warrant of arrest against the former contestant for Nakawa West Constituency seat Mukesh Shukla Babubhai for failing to pay costs. The warrant was issued on Wednesday by the Civil Division Registrar Jameson Karemani following an application by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Brigadier General Robert Freeman Mugabe is the new chairperson of the Makindye-based Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF General Court Martial following his appointment by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. He replaces Lt. General Andrew Gutti whose term of office expired on June 9th, 2022, and is headed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Rules, Privileges, and Discipline Committee to probe the Minister of State for Housing, Persis Namuganza, regarding statements that allegedly question the integrity of the House. Tayebwa made the directive on Wednesday during a plenary sitting following …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three Sheikhs have sued the Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje over what they called his illegal stay in office. Mufti Mubaje was sued before the Civil Division of the High Court alongside the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council and its Secretary General Shiekh Ramadhan …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some retired police officers in West Nile sub region are concerned over their unpaid pension arrears by the Uganda Police Authority. According to them, some of their colleagues who retired more than 30 years ago have not received their pensions. The officers who retired from …