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  Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Cafejavas, a Kampala-based full-service, quick-casual, coffee-themed restaurant chain, has crossed the border from Uganda, taking their services to Nairobi, Kenya. It is a Mandela Group company. C.Js is the newest Coffee place / Gastronomy place in Nairobi – Koingage Street. Let these pictures …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE Independent. COVER STORY Why BoU sells banks cheaply: Auditor General spills secrets of Coop Bank, Greenland Bank.   NEWS ANALYSIS: Refinery deal excites: Agreement seen as a key step towards the construction of $4bn facility THE LAST …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The embattled former Buyende District Police commander and Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Kirumira should be demoted by two ranks, the force’s disciplinary court ruled Thursday, after it convicted him in one of the several charges he faced. After a dramatic morning in which …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One of the petitioners challenging the 2017 Constitutional Amendment Act says President Yoweri Museveni was not guided before he signed the bill into law in December last year. Male Mabiriizi Kiwanuka, in his submission to the Constitutional Court hearing in Mbale district on Wednesday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State House needs over 116 billion shillings for the President’s security for the financial year 2018/2019 as presented in their Ministerial Policy Statement. Officials from State House led by the State House Comptroller, Lucy Nakyobe, appeared before Parliament’s Presidential Affairs Committee on Wednesday to justify …

Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH BAHINGWIRE | The government of Uganda has been accused of involving the military in major public service sectors which has undermined the traditional civil service structures. Dr Zahara Nampewo the Director Human Rights and Peace Center Makerere University (HURIPEC) has said the militarization of the public …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It makes no sense for the United Nations and its humanitarian partners not to recruit locals in refugee hosting districts, especially for jobs which do not require higher skills. This is the position of Hillary Onek, the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, on …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Court has denied bail to former Kampala Mayoral Contestant Muhammed Kasule, accused of defrauding individuals of over 500m shillings in gold scam. Last week Kasule appeared before Buganda Road Court and faced three counts of obtaining money by false pretences, was then remanded to Luzira prison. On Tuesday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The relocation of rejected African refugees from Israel to Uganda is a normal process, according to Hillary Onek, the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees. Addressing the media in Kampala, Onek said the move by Uganda to receive 500 Eritrean and Sudanese refugees rejected …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court has given prosecution one month’s ultimatum to conclude investigations into the killing of former Police Spokesman, Andrew Felix Kaweesi or Court dismisses the case. Kaweesi was gunned down together with his driver Godfrey Mambewa and bodyguard, Kenneth Erau on …