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Five years on, Ugandan conservationists can’t believe Vietnamese wildlife traffickers got away with it SPECIAL REPORT | WILD LIFE CONSERVATION  | In January 2019, the arrest and imminent prosecution of several Vietnamese wildlife traffickers in Kampala excited wildlife conservationists in Uganda and abroad who saw it as an opportunity to disrupt a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court  has remanded two Journalists to Luzira Prison on charges of publishing information without a valid broadcasting License. Dickson Ashley  Mubiru  the Managing Director Grace Publications, Alirabaki Ssengoba a News Writer at Grape Vine Media were arraigned before the Court …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MPs Cissy Namujju and Yusuf Mutembuli’s bail application flopped on Monday and they were instead sent by the Anti Corruption Court to the High Court for trial. Chief  Magistrates Court declined to hear the bail applications for the members of Parliament who are facing charges …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded three Members of Parliament to Luzira Prison on charges of corruption for soliciting money from the Uganda Human Rights Commission in order to increase  its budget. The MPs are: Yusuf Mutembuli MP for Bunyole East Constituency in …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious leaders in the Bunyoro sub region have been asked to join in the fight against corruption by ensuring enhanced accountability and transparency. Speaking during the Validation of Religious and faith organizations-RFO policy frame work at Hoima Resort Hotel on Wednesday, Nicholas Abola, the Commissioner …

READ FULL SPEECH STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS FINAL COPY 6TH JUNE _0 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has vowed to ‘crush’ public servants and political leaders that steal Government money, as he steps up his fight against corruption. “I have been getting good information about …

SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | The UK on Tuesday announced sanctions on the Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, and former Ministers, Gorreti Kituti and Agnes Nandutu. The trio is accused of stealing from the poor communities of Karamoja in the infamous iron sheet scandal. Anita Among was among the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Junior civil servants have told the IGG Beti Olive Namisango Kamya-Turomwe that they are reluctant to report cases of corruption due to dependence on tokens received from their superiors. In the ongoing campaign to tackle corruption within government institutions,  the IGG, during a meeting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said the corrupt are parasites that delay and undermine the country’s transformation efforts, and has hailed religious leaders for speaking out against the vice. ” I was very happy to hear the religious leaders’ message of condemning corruption. Keep it …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Most Rev. Dr. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, has asked all people occupying public offices to refrain from engaging in corruption. Speaking during the Easter Sunday service at All Saints Cathedral Church in Nakasero, Archbishop Kazimba explained that …