Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi has said that members of the Police’s Exodus Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) are restricted from withdrawing their savings due to liquidity challenges. Muhoozi was on Tuesday appearing before Parliament’s Defense and Internal Affairs Committee, …
Read More »Tayebwa directs for inquiry into police SACCO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has directed the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs, to investigate the alleged fraudulent operations of the Uganda Police Savings and Credit Co-operative Organisation (SACCO), Exodus. Tayebwa and fellow legislators gave accounts of responses from police officers, complaining …
Read More »Prioritise police budgetary needs, MPs task minister
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers on the Committee of Defence and Internal Affairs have tasked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prioritise the budgetary needs of the Uganda Police Force. The Members of Parliament were receiving the 2023/2024 Financial Year Budget Frame Work paper of the ministry. The Minister …
Read More »Minister directed on body organ theft, labour export firms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Member of Parliament for Kilak North County, Anthony Akol, has asked Parliament to direct the Minister for Internal Affairs to clarify on the regulations in place pertaining to labour export. According to Akol, the minister, while addressing the media recently, said every labour export company …
Read More »15 million Ugandans to renew national IDs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) will undertake a mass enrolment and renewal exercise of National Identification (ID) cards in 2023, the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi said. Muhoozi said NIRA will commence the mass enrollment exercise of National IDs in …
Read More »Gov’t faulted for not resolving Apaa land conflict
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have accused the government of failing to resolve the prolonged disputes over the control and ownership of Apaa land. Several failed attempts by the government to harmoniously end the decade-long conflict have interrupted the livelihoods of the inhabitants who have suffered burning …
Read More »Gov’t launches second phase of eviction of pastoralists from Northern Uganda
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has embarked on the second phase of evicting pastoralists from community land in districts in Acholi, Lango and parts of West Nile. This follows the expiry of the first phase of the eviction exercise launched on January 14, 2022, targeting pastoralists illegally occupying …
Read More »Political leaders fuelling Apaa land conflict: Minister Muhoozi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen David Muhoozi has blamed political leaders for exacerbating conflicts between Madi and Acholi communities over Apaa land. Apaa land turned contentious when government in 2017 demarcated boundaries between Amuru and Adjumani districts. Apaa village was placed under …
Read More »Pastoralists face forceful eviction from gov’t land in Nwoya
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Nwoya district will this week embark on the forceful eviction of pastoralists who are illegally occupying government land in Te Okot village, Got Apwoyo sub-county. The decision comes nearly three weeks after several attempts employed by the district to persuade the pastoralists …
Read More »Gen Muhoozi apologizes for failing to follow due process in re-arresting MPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Internal Affairs Gen. David Muhoozi has apologized to parliament for not following due processes of re-arresting MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana. Ssegirinya was re-arrested from Kigo prison on Monday, shortly after being granted bail by the High court in Kampala. He …
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