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Rental rates are expected to drop as supply exceed demand Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Rent for office space in prime locations in Kampala City has recorded a 10% decline as tenants opt for small space, latest data from property agency, Knight Frank shows. Rent has dropped to as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four suspects jointly charged with the former Inspector General of Police, General Edward Kale Kayihura for aiding and abetting the kidnap and illegal repatriation of Rwandan refugees in the General Court martial have applied for bail. They are the former Deputy Commandant of the Professional …

Masaka, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Masaka police are holding two suspected masterminds of a number of robberies and an attack on a pub in Bukomansimbi district. The suspects were allegedly arrested on intelligence reports from the community members who got suspicious about the duo’s behaviors. Denis Kanakulya, the Officer-In-Charge of …

Bunyoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a sigh of relief among cattle farmers in Bunyoro because of the early rains being experienced in the region. This comes a few weeks after cattle farmers from Hoima and Buliisa districts started relocating their animals to Luweero and Nakasongola districts in search …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has declined a public request by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Uganda to open an Embassy in the contested city of Jerusalem.  Speaking at a press conference at the State House Entebbe on Monday, Netanyahu who has been on …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  At least 18 people have been arrested in a police swoop against suspected drug dealers and abusers in various parts of Kampala. The Monday morning operation was conducted by crime intelligence teams from Jinja Road Police Division backed by police officers from Kyambogo, Banda and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nkumba University Council has stopped any activities related to the impeachment of the Guild President, Byron Luswata Expedito. The University Secretary, Associate Professor, Francis Kasekende, says the impeachment proceedings spearheaded by the acting Guild Speaker are in total breach of the Guild Constitution. Luswata …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Old Kampala have launched a hunt for a businessman, Robert Ssonko after one of his workers died in an underground water well. Ssonko, a resident of Lungujja, Rubaga Division, in Kampala is reportedly on the run to  explain how Majid Mubiru died in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s economies are growing strongly, but growth alone cannot meet the needs of the continent’s poorest citizens, because “nobody eats GDP,” the African Development Bank’s President, Akinwumi Adesina, has said. His statement came as he unveiled the Bank’s flagship economic report, the 2020 African Economic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A High Court Judge in Kampala has given management of Makerere University only two weeks to prove that they are in the process of selecting a substantive Deputy Vice Chancellor Finance and Administration (DVC-F&A). Justice Musa Sekaana of the Civil Division of High Court made …