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Many residents say money lenders are holding onto their National Identificiation cards. Nakaseke , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The absence of National IDs has affected the registration and the update of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party register in Nakaseke district. Many residents say money lenders are holding onto …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  C-Care IHK Hospital and Kampala Audiology & Speech Centre have conducted the 34th cochlear surgeries since 2017, restoring hearing ability to individuals in Kampala. On March 2nd, 2024, two children regained their hearing following successful procedures at C-Care IHK, the pioneer in cochlear …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Baati, under the Safal Uganda Baati Foundation, has supported one of Uganda’s oldest schools Busoga College Mwiri rehabiliate staff quarters. Uganda Baati have removed old asbestos sheets on two houses and replaced them with quality steel sheets. This follows the college’s appeal last year …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Constitutional Court has set timelines for a  case in which six Democratic Party members, led by Richard Lumu Kizito, a Member of Parliament are challenging the agreement made by their President General Norbert Mao and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The other legislators involved …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Shilling continues to trade under pressure from the US dollar as demand for the US currency rises above the supply, according to experts. On Monday, the local currency opened trading at Shillings 3,815.63 buying and 3,825.63 selling according to the official rates …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A whistleblower has petitioned the Inspectorate of Government to investigate Principal Judge Flavian Zeija, and Prof. Eli Katunguka Rwakishaya, the Vice Chancellor of Kyambogo University for alleged land fraud. The whistleblower, identifying himself as Godfrey Deogratius Ouma, points to the alleged illegal consolidation of suits …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from Busoga have faulted their colleagues in Cabinet for failing to use their positions to eradicate poverty. The MPs observed that while they have three cabinet ministers and four state ministers in the current government, their participation in extending the national cake to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The President of Uganda Netball Federation Sarah Babirye Kityo has been remanded to Luzira Prison by the Anti Corruption Court on charges of false accounting of sh186 million. Babirye was on Thursday arraigned before Grade One Magistrate Christopher Opito where she denied the charges. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom Minister Apollo Nelson Makubuya has reignited the flame of discourse on the need to reclaim and celebrate the continent’s rich cultural legacy. Makubuya, an ardent advocate for the decolonization of African heritage, questioned the rationale behind naming places after individuals such as …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu City Council authorities have scaled up the fight to save a portion of a wetland under degradation by an investor for the establishment of a fuel station. The investor identified as Lawrence Okello started developing the wetland, part of Pece Stream in …