Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will not retaliate against Kenya over the ongoing trade wars, president, Yoweri Museveni has said. He dismissed the calls for retaliation in his televised address on Sunday evening, saying it does not offer a long-lasting solution to the problem. His remarks come at the …
Read More »Judicial service commission probes alleged misconduct by chief justice Owiny-Dollo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judicial Service Commission has started investigations into the alleged misconduct of Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo. The charges stem from a petition filed by lawyer Male Mabirizi accusing Dollo of incompetence and misconduct. Mabirizi said that having served as a personal lawyer to President Yoweri …
Read More »Parliament clears Mutebile, Ochola for new terms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile on Friday stealthily made his way into Parliament’s vetting committee to defend his re-appointment as Governor of the Central Bank, with security personnel ensuring that media and the public did not catch a glimpse of him. The ailing 71-year-old economist has been …
Read More »Injured journalist Ashraf Kasirye allowed to file additional allegations against gov’t
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has allowed Ghetto TV Journalist Ashraf Kasirye to file new allegations related to human rights violations against the government. This arises from a case filed by Kasirye on December 3, 2020 challenging the decision by the police to forcefully remove …
Read More »Parliament asks education minister to intervene in lecturers strike
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has tasked the Ministry of Education intervened in the on-going strike by academic staff at all public universities. The lecturers laid down tools on February 6 due to the non-payment of their salary enhancement arrears by the government which …
Read More »Kyagulanyi claims 2021 election victory with 54.19%, calls for peaceful demo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former National Unity Platform -NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has displayed files of his election petition that were withdrawn from the Supreme Court last week to the public. Kyagulanyi claimed that the DR forms that the party collected, when tallied, clearly …
Read More »Museveni to meet All RPCs, DPCs over security
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni, will on Saturday meet all Regional, District and Division police commanders to discuss security matters in their areas of jurisdiction. Don Wanyama, the President’s Senior Press Secretary confirmed that the meeting will take place but said he was not aware of the …
Read More »JEEMA pulls out of IPOD summit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Justice Forum Party-JEEMA has pulled out of the 3rd Inter-Party Organization for Dialogue-IPOD Summit. The summit will be held on Friday at Kololo Independence grounds. In a letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of IPOD, the party’s President Asuman said that they didn’t have …
Read More »Kenyatta takes over as EAC chairperson at critical time
Kampala Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community’s 21st Heads of States Summit, which saw Kenya take over the chairmanship of the community, was unique in many ways, including being the first to be held virtually. It also came at a time, when two of the members of the …
Read More »JEEMA undecided on attending IPOD summit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Justice Forum Party is undecided on whether to attend the 3rd summit of Inter-Party Organisation for Dialogue-IPOD. The summit scheduled for Friday this week at Kololo Independence grounds shall be chaired by the National Resistance Movement- NRM Chairman Yoweri Museveni. The summit that brings …
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