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Museveni Assents to Computer Misuse Law, Three Others 🔵 Four bills into law ✳️ The Physical Planners’ Registration Act, 2022 ✳️ The Kampala Capital City (Amendment) Act, 2022 ✳️ The Mining and Minerals Act, 2022 ✳️  The Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2022. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has signed …

EALA POLLS: Why some losers are threatening to go to court COVER STORY | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | The declared results of the election of Uganda’s representatives in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) held on Sept.29, show the candidates polled as follows: Rose Akol (422), Namara Dennis (415), Kakooza James …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The directorate of Criminal Investigations has summoned Aringa South Member of Parliament, Odria Yorke Alioni, to appear before its detectives tomorrow -Tuesday over punching the Officer-In-charge of Parliament Security Assistant Superintendent of Police –ASP Alex Senga. MP Odria was captured on cameras punching ASP …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Bill, 2022 setting tough penalties for dealing in human organs for commercial purposes. The Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Bill, 2022 seeks to establish a legal framework for organ, cell and tissue transplant in Uganda. …

🔵 BACK TO EALA ✅ Rose Akol Okullu ✅ James Kakooza ✅ Mary Mugyenyi ✅ Paul Mwasa Musamali ✅ Dennis Namaga ✅ George Stephen Odongo Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ruling National Resistance Movement -NRM Parliamentary Caucus has not endorsed any particular Opposition and Independent candidates contesting to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Housing Persis Namuganza has been summoned before the rules committee of Parliament over demeaning sentiments she made against the Parliament of Uganda. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa directed the committee to investigate Namuganza for allegedly questioning the integrity of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army and police have opened inquiries into assassination threats directed at the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among. Last week, Anita Among, told parliament that she had received a report indicating that her vehicle was being trailed by suspected assassins, who want her dead. “I have …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Bukoto South Member of Parliament, Twaha Kagabo has in a twist of events apologized to fellow legislators for “causing an impasse” in regard to the 40 million Shillings that he recently attempted to return to return to parliament. National Unity Party President Robert Kyagulanyi had said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has directed the cancellation of the planned ‘Nyege Nyege’ music festival scheduled to take place Itanda falls in Jinja. The three-day festival was scheduled to start on September 15th and run to September 18th, 2022. However, Among says that …

ROME, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Speaker Anita Among has concluded her pilgrimage to Rome by meeting Pope Francis after he concluded the general audience. Pope Francis, who visited Uganda in 2015, had pleasant words about the country as he received and talked to Among for a few minutes. …