Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight police officers are standing trial before the Police Disciplinary court for negligence in connection to the kidnap and subsequent murder of social worker, Maria Nagirinya and her driver, Ronald Kitayimbwa. The duo was kidnapped outside Nagirinya’s main gate on August 28 in Lungujja, …
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Escalating tax arrears likely to hurt service delivery, CSOs warn Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have expressed concern over the growing tax arrears worth Sh2.7 trillion which government has failed to pay on behalf of contractors. Regina Navuga, a program officer at Southern and Eastern …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kings College Hospital in the United Kingdom (UK) has commenced treating Rev. Canon Hannington Mutebi, the Assistant Bishop of Kampala Diocese for leukemia. Bishop Mutebi, 59, was recently diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia and taken to the United Kingdom for specialized treatment. …
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Brussels, Belgium | AFP | The European Union launched Wednesday a system for member countries to alert each other to online disinformation spread by opponents such as Russia to undermine next year’s key elections. The bloc also urged Facebook and other social media platforms to follow through on pledges to …
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Behind ADF attacks: UPDF deploys at Uganda-DR Congo border Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Behind ADF attacks: UPDF deploys at Uganda-DR Congo border THE LAST WORD Role of trust in prosperity: Why many Ugandans are stuck in poverty and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Fixing Bank of Uganda: Museveni meets Mutebile THE LAST WORD Bobi Wine’s Kyarenga concert: Why Uganda (like other African countries) keeps rotating around the same roundabout INVESTIGATION Behind the scenes efforts to save Kasekende, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. Features, news analysis. COVER STORY Bad oil deal: Museveni fight with oil firms threatens major project THE LAST WORD Africa’s highway to a dead-end: Why our obsession with foreign direct investment as a driver of our …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. COVER STORY Mutebile survives ‘coup’ at central bank: Fly on the wall at lunch between Mutebile and Kasekende NEWS ANALYSIS Crime preventers and the pretenders: Museveni struggles to find space for his `election machine’. THE LAST …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Here are the top stories and analysis on Uganda and Africa in this week’s The Independent. COVER STORY Mutebile versus Kasekende: Details of Museveni meeting THE LAST WORD On Museveni’s Umeme missive: Why the president is misinformed about electricity distribution market and tariffs ANALYSIS BOU: Blow-by-blow …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Director of public prosecutions has withdrawn charges of publishing news that disturb the peace of President Museveni against Red pepper directors and editors. The withdrawal letter signed by the DPP Mike Chibita, has been presented to Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate James Ereemye Mawanda …
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