Kampala, Uganda | URN | Ministers Gen. Katumba Wamala and Kahinda Otafiire have given contrasting accounts of the functionality of the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS) under the controversial numberplate deal. Retired Major General Kahinda Otafiire, who previously served as Internal Affairs Minister, questioned the effectiveness of the system …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The water sector is making measurable progress across the country, but lawmakers say there is a deeper last-mile crisis in which entire communities remain without reliable safe water. The warning came after Water and Environment Minister Gen. (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire presented the ministry’s performance for …
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The greatest generals I know of are those who resolve problems without shooting a bullet. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The full text of Minister Gen. Kahinda Otafiire’s remarks on unity in Uganda’s Parliament on Wednesday. ***** Mr Speaker, sir, I want to take two or three …
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COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | Reader, three happenings and an interesting outlier this past week form the basis for this essay. The first: Public outrage over the manner in which Kampala’s immediate former Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, was arrested. As the controversy grew, a passionate member of the Patriotic …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At the National Convention 2025 at Mestil Hotel on October 30, civil society organizations (CSOs) in Uganda have been called upon to embrace digital advocacy as a vital tool for enhancing their reach, impact, and accountability. The convention, themed “The Future of Civil Society …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Otafiire Kahinda has instructed the Kampala Metropolitan East Regional Police Commander Joab Wabwiire to arrest all officers who were involved in assaulting leaders in Mukono District. The directive follows a series of incidents through which area leaders were allegedly arrested and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs, Gen. Kahinda Otafiire will have to justify government’s move to relocate Luzira Prison from Kampala to Buikwe district, in favor of an International Conference Center and Commercial Hub. Speaker Anita Among issued the directive in response to a matter …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, has been tasked to follow up the case in which the Minister of Internal Affairs, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, is accused of grabbing a government stock farm in Njeru Municipality, Buikwe District. This followed a matter of national …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal Affairs Minister Maj Gen Otafiire Kahinda has given the Uganda Police Force a three-month ultimatum to start constructing housing units for junior officers. The Housing Project was initially launched in 2016 by then Inspector General of Police Gen Edward Kale Kayihura with the construction of 10,000 housing units. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministers Kahinda Otafiire (Internal Affairs) and Jim Muhwezi (Security) disagreed over the deal to hand a Russian company the mandate to do digital number plates. While appearing before a parliament committee over the matter, Otafiire said he and his ministry have no prior knowledge over …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
