Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has quashed an agreement reached between the Institute of Certified Public Accounts of Uganda -ICPAU and Budadiri West MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi in which ICAPU considered his application for a practicing certificate and his name included on the new council members. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts believe Uganda could benefit from the East African Region “economic war” between the two local giants, Kenya and Tanzania. A fight for Uganda’s cargo has emerged in the past two years, with Kampala seeking to take advantage of the war, by tabling new conditions. Apart …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Division of the High court in Kampala has dismissed an application by a section of vendors from Nakasero market seeking orders to throw Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA out of the market management. The vendors organized under Nakasero Market Sitting Vendors and Traders Limited …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of legislators from Buganda region have today demanded that the new Minister of State for Lands, Dr. Sam Mayanja apologizes for statements made regarding the Mailo tenure system. Addressing journalists at parliament, the MPs led by Buikwe South representative Dr. Lulume Bayiga …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has signed a contract with a Russian Company to provide digital trackers to all vehicles in the country. At a ceremony held on Friday at the Office of the President in Kampala, Waiswa Bageya the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have stormed a guest house on Muyenga Hill in Kampala and found 14 girls living in terrible conditions while being prepared to be taken to a European destination. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson, Luke Oweyesigyire said that the 14 girls were found at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister,  Robinah Nabbanja has revealed she will soon brief President Yoweri Museveni about threats directed at her. Nabbanja made the revelation to journalists at parliament shortly after attending the Bunyoro Parliamentary Caucus on Friday. She said some unidentified people have alreaedy started threatening …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah on Friday quietly returned to the country, sources have revealed. Oulanyah has been out of the country for one and half months. He last presided over Parliament at the reading of the 2021/2022 financial year budget at Kololo …

Global artists bring world together in “Imagine” moment during Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT | Global artists Angélique Kidjo, Alejandro Sanz, John Legend, Keith Urban and the Suginami Children’s Choir brought all five continents together in today’s Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Hundreds …

Lhasa, Tibet | Xinhua | Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stressed fully implementing the guidelines of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for governing Tibet in a new era and writing a new chapter of lasting stability and high-quality development for the plateau region. Xi, general secretary of the CPC …