Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has set aside a 44-year jail term handed down to Stephen Wasswa, a witch doctor convicted of kidnapping and attempted murder, and instead jailed him for life. The decision was made by a three-member panel of the appellant court comprising …
Read More »Express FC fires coach Wasswa Bbosa
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Premier League side Express FC has parted ways with head coach Wasswa Bbosa. The development comes less than a year after Bbosa guided Express FC to their first Premier League title in 12 years, and winning the regional CECAFA title. In a statement …
Read More »BoU to issue guidelines on green financing
It plans to integrate climate change related risks in analysing micro and macro-economic conditions Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s central bank will soon rollout guidelines for green financing to support small and medium and enterprises as the country strives to achieve sustainable development. Hannington Wasswa, the director commercial …
Read More »Police pick up DPA journalist from Afghan evacuees hotel
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan journalist Henry Wasswa Lumanyika is detained at Entebbe Police Station on charges of Criminal Trespass, after allegedly interviewing Afghan evacuees. Wasswa, a senior correspondent with Deutsche Press Agentur (DPA), the German Press Agency,) was arrested on Thursday by security officers at Imperial …
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