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Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja is up in arms against Buliisa district land board members for allegedly fueling land grabbing. According to Nabbanja, the land board members connive with land grabbers to conduct illegal and brutal evictions in the district. Addressing the Parish Development Model-PDM coordinators …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) has given an ultimatum of two months to more than 37,000 people with unclaimed passports to pick them up or else be destroyed. Through the Internal Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Simon Peter Mundeyi, DCIC says it is stuck …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A chief magistrate has vowed to resign should a lawyer whose evidence documents he has dismissed succeed on appeal in a higher court. The Luwero Chief Magistrate Samuel Munobe and the lawyer representing residents in a land case have clashed over the submission of non-stamped …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament who sit on the Public Accounts Committee (Central) have tasked the interdicted Mulago National Referral Hospital Executive Director, Dr Byarugaba Baterana, to explain the hospital’s failure to absorb Shs4 billion meant for salaries of new staff. The Auditor General’s report for the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Parliament has been tasked to investigate two lawyers for their role in the 2 billion shilling land compensation scandal. The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) chaired by Joel Ssenyonyi, is investigating the circumstances under which a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has asked High Court to dismiss with costs an application by two lawyers challenging the controversial coffee deal between the government of Uganda and Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited. Henry Byansi and Micheal Aboneka petitioned the High Court in April 2022 …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministers from the West Nile region have ordered an audit into the Arua City Parish Development Model (PDM) funds over alleged irregularities. They accuse the city officials among others of irregularly forming PDM groups and disbursing money to unregistered SACCOs which is contrary to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund has warned that their investments projects, especially in real estate will slow down from the pace that was exhibited in the previous year, due to the dwindling cash reserves. The Fund’s cash availability has reportedly been affected by the implementation …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of Soroti Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Joseph Eciru Oliach has issued new guidelines for church ceremonies in the diocese. Bishop Eciru, who has been at the helm of the Catholic faith in Soroti for three years now, has forbidden serving alcohol at all …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The deceased Muni University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Christine Dranzoa has been described as an icon of girl child education in the sub-region. Dranzoa, died on Tuesday at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala where she had been admitted for an unknown illness. Her death was …