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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speakers under the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) have expressed the need to have Parliaments across the world share in the responsibility of protecting the rule of law and human rights. According to Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, the exclusion of Parliaments stand on the universal …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Transparency International Uganda -TIU, Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda –ACCU and Human Rights Centre Uganda –HRCU, have called for swift enactment of a law protecting witnesses, particularly in corruption cases. Francis Ekadu, programs director at Transparency International, said lack of a law protecting witnesses has forced …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of former Soroti county Member of Parliament Peter Omolo has accused the parliamentary pension scheme of lacking transparency on the pension money that the legislator had saved with it. Established by the Parliamentary Pensions Act 2007, the scheme is a contributory hybrid …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement Party Electoral Commission has been dragged to court for failure to conduct party primaries in Kigorobya county, Hoima district. Sixteen party members who were nominated for different political posts on the NRM ticket in the newly created sub-counties of Kisukuma, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ikwera Girls Secondary school has accused Kwania district local government authorities of using 150 million shilling meant for the purchase of a school bus. The money was sent to Kwania district by Ministry of Finance to purchase a new Mini-bus for the school during the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police officers from Wandegeya and Makerere police stations are probing the drowning of a Makerere University student James Owimupehwe. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, says that Owimupehwe a Rwandan National and student of social sciences drowned on Sunday. Owimupehwe tried to swim …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT At least seven families in Kasese have been left homeless after the houses in which they were staying in were destroyed by heavy rains.  The Monday heavy downpour left five houses in Kidodo cell of Kasese municipality destroyed.  Another house was demolished in Saluti Cell while …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT Residents of Ntoroko are protesting the unregulated sand mining in the district. Sand is mined in Kibuku Town Council and Karugutu Sub County. In Kibuku, sand is mined from River Kisege which is at the same time a water sources used for the community. During the …

Massive infrastructure development alone without well trained and skilled personnel will not help the country achieve desired economic growth targets. Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA AND JULIUS BUSINGE | This was the message directed to the government during the recently concluded infrastructure conference in Kampala titled ‘infrastructure and human capital …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT Uganda Police Force –UPF has dismissed reports that the Police Training School in Kabalye, Masindi district had been taken over by the military. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga said that information about the heavy deployment of military personnel at the school was inappropriate.   Enanga said that the …