The electoral body wants to clear disputes over names and boundaries Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | With the women council and committee elections coming up later this year, the Electoral Commission (EC) has begun verifying all administrative units right from the smallest village to Kampala City. The verification is …
Read More »Nominations for Local Government by-elections start today
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The nominations of candidates for residual and by-elections in local governments across the country have started. The two-day exercise will start on Monday and end on Tuesday. Paul Bukenya the Spokesperson of the Electoral Commission says that the returning officers are set to nominate …
Read More »Law coming on surrogacy
Movers cite increasing rate of infertility among men and reproductive complications among women | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda is witnessing an increasing rate of infertility among men and complications that render women incapable of carrying a pregnancy, according to MPs pushing for a Surrogacy and Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill. Tororo …
Read More »Govt impounds tons of immature fish
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The fisheries directorate, Uganda People’s Defence Forces Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU and Uganda Revenue Authority-URA on Wednesday impounded close to 20 tons of immature fish in four trucks at Mpondwe border. The value of the impounded fish is yet to be determined. The trucks, destined for the …
Read More »Uganda’s $50million ballot paper deal settled
Electoral Commission ignores local firms, awards ballot printing to foreign firms Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Uganda’s Electoral Commission will go ahead with printing ballot papers with foreign companies, even when the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) strongly advised that the ballot printing tender …
Read More »‘Uganda’s oil sector slowed down by political interference’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s oil sector is dominated by political interference, with many players forced to have the president’s say before making any important decisions, researchers have said. Writing a chapter in a recently published book on Uganda’s oil sector, Dr Badru Bukenya, an academic at Makerere …
Read More »Court sets Feb 19 to start trial of 20 treason suspects
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala Thursday set a fresh trial date for a treason case against 20 men accused of plotting to overthrow the government of Uganda. The trial had stalled since October last year due to the Prosecutors’ strike that ended in December. …
Read More »Who is behind Uganda’s new terror gangs?
Police insiders going rogue? They call themselves the Bakijambiya (Machete gang) and they pounce in the wee hours of the night. They come with pangas, iron bars, nails on wood clubs, and big knives. They chop and clobber their victims, steal their money and portable property, and rape the women …
Read More »ANALYSIS: What happened to PAC?
Dormancy of once vibrant parliament watchdog committee shines light on leadership and funding Budadiri County MP Nandala Mafabi has not been on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament since 2011 but the chartered accountant and lawyer remains the most recognisable name to have led it. His adeptness with numbers, …
Read More »Arthur Blick Jr: the champion reveals his secrets
He is a ten times motocross champion, 2015 national rally champion and 2015 national Enduro champion. With all these titles to him, fans have chosen to refer to him not by his real name Arthur Blick Jr. but as `Champion’. He comes from the Blick family, which is a household …
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