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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party president Dr Kizza Besigye has reaffirmed that he will not stop fighting for his rights and those of citizens until he breaks dead. Besigye said that every Ugandan has a civic duty to reclaim their rights and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Christopher Aine, the former body guard of ex-premier Amama Mbabazi has been released on bail. Aine who is facing charges related to obstructing police officers together with four others was released on Monday on a cash bail of two million shillings by Buganda Road …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An attempt by  40 Kenyans to join the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces – UPDF in Sipi sub-region, has been foiled. The group included both male and female youths who had disguised their nationality in order to join the Ugandan army, in the ongoing recruitment …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans hold as much as Sh7.8 trillion on time deposit accounts, a figure which, according to the central bank implies confidence in the banking system. A time or term deposit is an interest-bearing bank deposit account that has a specified date of maturity, where …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education has confirmed that 8,000 teachers have been trained to teach Swahili in all primary schools starting next year. This follows the creation of the Swahili Council that is mandated with supervising the teaching of the language in all schools. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the Finance and Economics Development Ministry is among others looking at reducing reliance on debt by increasing domestic revenue and improving the execution rate of projects as some of the ways to sustain the country’s debt. As at end of June 2019, …

  Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, The Rt Rev. Stanley Ntagali has taken over the leadership of the troubled Kumi Diocese. This follows the retirement of Rev. Thomas Edison Irigei who has been the founding Bishop of Kumi Diocese. Bishop Irigei relinquished leadership …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Amuru are hunting for suspected arsonists who set ablaze over 50 acres of growing sugar cane belonging to Atiak out growers in Amuru district. The incident happened on Saturday evening at Muroli village, Pacilo West Parish in Atiak Sub-County. Preliminary findings …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The World Health Organization-WHO has called on countries to invest in their health workforce in the New Year citing a global shortage of health workers. Nurses and midwives account for than 50 percent of the shortage. In a statement issued on Saturday afternoon, Dr. Tedros …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Government intends to collect Shillings 21.54 trillion in domestic revenue in the 2020/2021 financial years to finance the proposed Shillings 39.64 trillion election year budget. This is slightly lower than the Shillings 40.48 trillion, budget for this financial year.  According to the Budget framework paper …