Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Jamir Juma Obandio, the Busia district Kadhi has advised Muslims to always wear their tunics and veils when and after performing Tarawehe prayers for consideration by security personals. Muslims started the holy month of Ramadhan as one of the pillars in the Islam faith …
Read More »Deputy IGP orders probe of officers leaking internal communication
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech, has ordered a probe into how internal police communication is leaked to the public. Lokech, who will be making 100 days in office on Friday, indicates that he is becoming very much concerned with …
Read More »Mabirizi demands signed oil agreements made public
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has given the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development 21 days to make public the agreements that were signed on Sunday, between the government of Uganda and Tanzania. Mabirizi threatens legal action if the Permanent Secretary does not comply with …
Read More »Gov’t starts compensation process for Owino, Nakasero market traders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has started the process to compensate traders of St. Balikuddembe market – Owino and Nakawa Markets. In 2020, President Museveni directed the Minister of Kampala to with immediate effect remove from the government markets the Association leaders and supervise the sellers to elect …
Read More »AFIEGO demands transparency as leaders meet over oil deals
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) is demanding for the involvement of Ugandans in the negotiations on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and the Tilenga oil projects in the Albertine region. The call comes as Ugandan and Tanzanian leaders and their technocrats …
Read More »Archbishop Lwanga buried, as Ssemogerere takes care of Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Late Archbishop of Kampala Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has been laid to rest, in Lubaga Cathedral, Kampala. Lwanga died in his room at Rubaga, in the precincts of the Cathedral on Saturday. The medical team that carried out the postmortem stated that he …
Read More »Uganda, Tanzania oil deal to be signed early April
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Then oil and gas development agreements between Uganda, Tanzania and the oil company, TOTAL SA are now set for April, following the death of John Pombe Magufuli, former president of Tanzania. “The launch of the Tilenga Development Project and the East African Oil Pipeline Project …
Read More »Magufuli was a dedicated servant of Tanzania- Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has paid tribute to the former Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli describing him as a dedicated servant of Tanzania, East Africa and Africa. Magufuli 61 died on Wednesday at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. His death was announced by the then Vice President …
Read More »Mabirizi application for recusal was malicious – Owiny-Dollo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo says that he declined to recuse himself from the presidential election petition filed by Robert Kyagulanyi as demanded by city lawyer, Male Mabirizi because his application was malicious. He revealed this in his detailed judgment on an application filed by Mabirizi …
Read More »Mbale, Manafwa officials struggle to convince health workers on safety of COVID-19 vaccine
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale and Manafwa district officials are finding it hard to convince health workers about the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. During the launch of the exercise on Tuesday at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital and Bubulo Health Center IV respectively, district officials found it hard to …
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