Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of health has downplayed calls to declare Kasese district free of the deadly Ebola Virus. A call had been made by the District Deputy Resident District Commissioner Joshua Masereka for the district to be declared Ebola-free on grounds that disease had been …
Read More »Police launches hunt for traffic penalty defaulters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Metropolitan Traffic Police Commander Norman Musinga has launched a hunt for drivers with unsettled traffic penalties. The traffic police estimate that express penalty receipts worth 52 billion Shillings have not been cleared since 2007. Musinga says that traffic police officers have been deployed …
Read More »Three entities apply to offer Islamic banking services
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three entities have applied to Bank of Uganda-BoU seeking to offer Islamic Banking services, according to the Deputy Governor, Dr. Louis Kasekende. He disclosed this during the BoU Town council hall meeting at Brovad Hotel in Masaka this morning. Dr. Kasekende explained that …
Read More »Parliament has destroyed property market-Knight Frank
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Real estate dealers in Uganda were left astonished by the enactment of a new law that banned the payment of rent foreign currencies. The law that will regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants, was passed by parliament last evening amid contention. Paying …
Read More »Manafwa residents live in fear of fresh landslides
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 people in landslide prone areas in Bunabutsale, Kaato and Weswa Sub-Counties in Manafwa district are living in fear of fresh landslides. Fresh cracks continue emerging in Kaato Sub County due to the ongoing rains pounding the district. In May last year, …
Read More »Gov’t falls out with UTL administrator Bemanya Twebaze
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Investment and Privatization, has in a new twist of events written to the Attorney General to apply to the court for orders replacing Bemanya Twebaze as the Administrator of Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL). In a letter dated June 26, 2019, …
Read More »Parliament passes landlord-tenant bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Landlord and Tenant Bill, 2018 that seeks to among other things regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants. The Bill was passed with several amendments which relate to duties and rights of landlords and tenants in rented commercial and residential premises. …
Read More »Aviation safety and security agency proposes extra levy on air tickets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency has proposed a special levy from outbound travellers to provide funding for it to perform its oversight role. The team has just concluded four missions in the Partner States; Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania engaging aviation …
Read More »Ebola response funding still a challenge for Uganda – MOH official
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda still has a big challenge to fund Ebola prevention efforts amid an influx of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is according to Dr Allan Muruta, the Commissioner Epidemiology and Surveillance at the Ministry of Health. Dr Muruta observes that more than …
Read More »Sugar manufacturers downplay outcry on low production
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugar factories in Busoga region are expected to resume production in two weeks’ time, according to Jim Kabeho, the chairman of the Uganda Sugar Manufacturers Association. Up to six sugar factories in the region had halted production for more than two months to undertake routine …
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