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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Anti-riot police on Wednesday foiled a demonstration of over 40 pork dealers in Kabale district who were demanding for the immediate lifting of the quarantine. In September veterinary authorities in Kabale and Rubanda districts imposed a quarantine following an outbreak of the African swine …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Union has questioned Uganda’s commitment to the protocol establishing the African Court on Human and People’s Rights. Uganda, which is hosting the fourth African Union Judicial Dialogue at Speke Resort Munyonyo, is not signatory to the declaration required under Article 34(6) of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum Municipal council officials have been implicated in the diversion of 44.2 million shillings capitation grant to Universal Secondary Education-USE schools. Early this month, the State House Anti-Corruption Unit stormed Kitgum Municipal council headquarters to investigate possible misuse of the money sent by government for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Environmental activists in Acholi sub-region have called for expedited law to regulate the unending depletion of trees for logs and commercial burning of charcoal. In 2018, the eight districts of Acholi sub-region under Joint Acholi sub regional leaders’ forum – JSRLF drafted a policy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Drug Authority (NDA) has cautioned against the use of non-pharmaceutical forms of the Artemisia plant to treat malaria even though widely used antimalarial drugs like coartem are derived from the plant. While people continue to use herbal concoctions vended around busy Kampala streets as …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | “Urbanisation has become one of the most pressing development challenges of the 21 st century. It could be one of the biggest drivers of economic growth but can also become a driver of inequality and marginalization.” That rephrased quote is from one of the documents posted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority –URA has provided details regarding the ownership of a vehicle, which knocked dead three people along Bukasa-Muyenga road a fortnight ago. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, says URA records show that the Starlet UAE 783K that allegedly hit a Bajaj boxer …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee- Central Government has asked the Criminal Investigations and the Intelligence Directorate (CIID) to interrogate officials heading different projects under the Ministry of Finance for abuse of office. The committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi on Wednesday issued a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has challenged the Convention of African Judiciaries on Human Rights to treat issues of human rights violations as secondary to more pressing African challenges. Museveni said Africa is grappling with two fundamental challenges related to the growth of economies, oppression of mankind …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party-DP wants a full audit of the fracas at Makarere University that saw several students brutalized in their halls of residency by the army and police. During the weekly media briefing at their Northern region offices in Arua town on Wednesday, Elia Alitia, the …