Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court stopped the abrupt sacking of Charles Musekura as chairperson of the National Standards Council that oversees the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). Musekura had been forthwith dismissed by Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives Minister Francis Mwebesa and replaced by Eng James Kalibbala …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has declared illegal the attempted removal of Usher Wilson Owere as the Chairman General of the National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) by a section of the organization’s leadership. In November 2022, a group led by the NOTU Secretary-General Peter Werike and Deputy …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Brigadier Freeman Robert Mugabe has been reappointed as the Chairperson of the General Court Martial. In a message from President Museveni which Uganda Radio Network has seen, Mugabe who was appointed last year to replace Lt General Andrew Gutti had his one-year contract renewed on …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It was a sombre mood on Sunday afternoon as stories of former Assistant Chief Judge of the defunct Ankole Kingdom Hillary Katembeko were told in the Mbarara District Council. Hillary Katembeko who passed away on Thursday in Kampala was honoured in the Mbarara district local …
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Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The body of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) chairman for Kateera A village has been retrieved from a 7-foot-deep pit. Yolam Rwaheru, 56, went missing on Friday night, prompting a joint search by the residents and family members. Their efforts did not yield results …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A Local Council leader of Ntawo Village in Mukono District, Moses Male Byekwaso, who was recently implicated in grabbing acres of land belonging to the Church of Uganda in Mukono District, has appeared before the Land Probe Commission. Byekwaso was summoned to defend himself on …
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THIS WEEK: Gulu chairman applauded as Score card is released Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Local Government Score Card, an assessment conducted by a policy think-tank Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) in 35 districts across the country has named Martin Ojara Mapinduzi the Gulu district chairman the …
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