Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission (EC) announced that their head offices along Jinja Road will be closed to the general public effective Friday, December 16. The development was confirmed in a notice dated December 15, by the EC secretary, Ronald Mulekwah. According to Mulekwah, the closure is …
Read More »Experts frown at Ugandan companies testing staff for COVID-19 as offices reopen
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As offices were reopening on Monday after the end of year festivities, the Insurance Training College (ITC), the training arm of Uganda’s Insurance sector opted for testing all its staff for SARS – COV -2, the virus that causes COVID-19 which has had over 30,000 …
Read More »New Arua district kadhi locked out of office
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed Arua District Kadhi, Sheik Abu Jaffer Shaban has been denied access to his new office. Sheikh Jaffer arrived in Arua town from Kampala aboard an Eagle Air flight, which touched the ground at 9:30am. He received a rousing welcome from Muslim faithfuls, …
Read More »Virtual office space gains traction
Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Brian Tabaruka is the Team Leader at Regus Uganda, a serviced office provider in Kampala, Uganda. He spoke to Ian Katusiime about the growth of virtual office space in Kampala. What’s your management style? It’s all about teamwork to achieve the best of our potential. …
Read More »Lord Mayor Lukwago returns to office.
By Ian Katusiime On March 31, early morning at around 9:00 am, Kampla Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago drove through the gates of City Hall en route to his office at City Hall uninterrupted for the first time since November when a botched impeachment KCCA counsellors’ session kicked him out of …
Read More »Lukwago kicked out of office
By The Independent Team The Kampala City Mayor Erias Lukwago has this morning been voted out of office. In a special council meeting that was hurriedly held at City Hall on Monday morning chaired by Frank Tumwebaze the minister of the Presidency and the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), 29 …
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