Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, has revealed that construction of a new bridge at the River Katonga along the Kampala-Masaka Highway will commence in October this year. He made the revelation while responding to a matter of national importance raised …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Media Council-UMC has summoned eight media outlets accused of violating ethical standards in their coverage of Henrietta Nairuba Wamala, the head of the Uganda North America Association (UNAA), and other top members of her administration. In an August 28, 2023 letter signed …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Works and Transport Minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has urged Ugandans and other investors with the financial muscle to invest in domestic aviation because there are vast opportunities untapped. Katumba was on Saturday speaking at the closure of the three-day Uganda Aviation Expo 2023 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Division Civil Division has issued an interim injunction, restraining Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and the commissioner land registration in the Ministry of Lands, from proceeding with the re-entries on the Owino Market land including cancellations of the lease title certificates. In court …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division has quashed a report by the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises-COSASE that recommended the cancelation of the repossession of properties under the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board whose original owners did not return physically to Uganda. …
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How Museveni succession intrigue is shaping up Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | President Yoweri Museveni’s reshuffle of the army top brass picked up from where he left off with his new cabinet: rewarding loyalty, continuity of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) tradition, and springing up a few surprises. …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka diocese catholic diocese has unveiled a historical museum that depicts the priestly life and works of Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala. The museum is found in his ancestral home in Kamaggwa village in Lwankoni Sub County in Kyotera district. The museum will act as a …
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KCCA, UNRA praised but those walking, cycling live with daily fear of injury Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | After years of enduring dusty and narrow roads, Ugandans want tarmacked pothole free and wider roads. And it is not vehicle owning motorists who are complaining most; it is the people …
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Godfrey ‘Troy’ Wamala was convicted of manslaughter in the murder case of artiste Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio who died on February 1, 2018 after sustaining injuries during a bar brawl. Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Jane Francis Abodo at Entebbe High court noted that prosecution failed to …
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THIS WEEK: Minister queries road funding The Minister for Works and Transport Monica Azuba Ntege has expressed disappointment over the criteria in which roads receive funding from Uganda Road Fund. Ntege was touring roads in Busia district when she learned that some districts receive more funding than others in spite …
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