Mbale, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Hearing of the Constitutional Court petition challenging the amendment of Article 102(b) to remove presidential age limits resumed on Tuesday in Mbale. A panel of five judges led by the Deputy Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo heard the petitions at Mbale High Court. The other justices …
Read More »Court grants bail to suspects in Finish national murder case
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Buganda Road Court has granted bail five people accused of causing the death of a Finnish National at Pearl of Africa Hotel in Nakasero within Kampala city. Chief Magistrate James Eremye Mawanda Tuesday granted them bail on condition that four of them each pay ten …
Read More »Uganda’s She Cranes humiliate Wales, eye semifinal place
Uganda ?? 76 Wales ??????? 40 Wales remain winless after a frustrating match against Uganda Gold Coast, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT & WELSHNETBALL.COM | Peace Proscovia continued her shooting masterclass at the Commonwealth Games, scoring 56 goals as Uganda’s netballers mauled Wales 76-40 in their penultimate group game. Sitting bottom of Pool B at the 2018 Commonwealth …
Read More »Cabinet gives URA go-ahead on dubious account holders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has asked Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to drop a recent directive for banks to release to them account details of all their clients. Uganda’s cabinet decided on Monday that the URA move “would cause unnecessary litigation and some turbulence in the banking sector and …
Read More »Light Fly Miiro maintain’s Uganda’s fine boxing tradition
?? Juma Miiro to face Indian opponent in Friday final. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Light-Flyweight Juma Miiro entered the 2018 Commonwealth Games medal bracket on Tuesday as Ugandan boxing continued a glorious tradition that started in 1958. By defeating Kenya’s Shaffi Hassan on split points, with three of the five …
Read More »Why Ugandan bankers are heading to court to battle URA
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) is challenging a directive to its members requiring them to furnish information related to all the accounts they hold. Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) last month wrote to all Ugandan banking institutions asking them to release demographic and financial …
Read More »Tanzania – Uganda oil players share opportunities
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | With the first oil expected towards the end of 2020 in Uganda, players are already exploring more ways of reaping from the sector. The latest avenue was a two-day local content workshop organized by the Association of Uganda Oil and Gas Service Providers (AUGOS) in …
Read More »Umeme’s profit drop threefold to Shs 35bn
Company managers say recent concession talk not threat to its future Kampala,Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s power distributor, Umeme Limited, has recorded a surprise performance in the year ended December 2017, with the net profit dropping threefold to Shs 35bn compared with the previous year. The less than expected …
Read More »HRM Professionals bill, 2017 to be tabled before Parliament
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Government has finalized the drafting of a new bill aimed at regulating Human Resource practitioners and putting in place new measures to professionalize the human resource industry and protecting it from errant officers. This was revealed by the outgoing president of The Human Resource …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Shs530billion set aside for salary enhancements, Kasaija
THIS WEEK: Shs530billion set aside for salary enhancements, Kasaija Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While tabling the Shs30 trillion budget for FY2018/19 last week, Finance Minister Matia Kasaija revealed that Shs530billion has been set aside to cater for salary enhancements for some public servants including medical workers, university lecturers, low …
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