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SABOTAGE? Probe Exposes Sloppiness at UIA as Delays, System Breakdowns Choke Investors

UIA DG Mukiza

What was designed to attract investors, create jobs and stimulate industrial growth is now under the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The Auditor General’s December 2025 report on Licensing and Investor Support Services at the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has laid bare serious operational weaknesses that are delaying — and in some cases sabotaging — investments meant to power …

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CDF Mourns General  Sande – The Torch Uganda – Independent News, Stories & Perspectives

UPDF General Dies on his way to Kampala

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has Eulogized Major General Deus Sande who passed away on Wednesday morning in Mpigi. Maj.Gen Deus Sande “We are very saddened by the unexpected passing of our long time comrade Maj.General Deus Sande, Commander Armoured Division. May his soul rest in eternal peace.” Remarked Muhoozi via his official X handle Major …

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Mukono Police Intensify Investigations into Murder of UCU Director Pamela Tumwebaze

Mukono Police Intensify Investigations into Murder of UCU Director Pamela

Police in Mukono District have intensified investigations into the suspected murder by strangulation of Ms Pamela Tumwebaze, 46, the Director of Student Affairs at Uganda Christian University (UCU). The late Pamella Tumwebaze According to Police, Tumwebaze, a resident of Guafu West Village, Seeta Ward in Goma Division, Mukono District, was allegedly killed in the early hours of February 11, 2026, …

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Cameroon Legal Café empowers participants to know their rights

Participants pose for a photo at the Legal Cafe that's a regular monthly event.

SOS Solidarity teaches Cameroonians how to access justice after arbitrary arrests Participants pose for a photo outside the monthly Legal Café presented by SOS Solidarity Rights and Health in Yaoundé, Cameroon. In a friendly yet studious atmosphere, about fifty participants gathered at the small market in the Odza neighborhood of Yaoundé on January 30 for the monthly Legal Café organized …

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Bailiffs Urged to be Professional and Compliant

Bailiffs Urged to be Professional and Compliant

Kampala- The Acting Chief Registrar, HW Lamunu Pamella Ocaya, has called for stricter compliance with licensing requirements, improved professionalism, and enhanced training for court bailiffs, as she chaired a meeting of the Court Bailiffs and Disciplinary Committee at the Judiciary headquarters in Kampala. Acting Chief Registrar, Pamella Lamunu Ocaya. Addressing the Committee, HW Lamunu, who also serves as Patron, said …

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Mufti Hosts Sudanese Ambassador – The Torch Uganda – Independent News, Stories & Perspectives

Mufti Hosts Sudanese Ambassador The Torch Uganda – Independent

H.E. Ahmed Ibrahim, the Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan, has paid a courtesy visit to His Eminence Dr. Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, the Mufti of Uganda, at his office at the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) headquarters on Old Kampala Hill on Wednesday mid-morning, February 11, 2026. Ambassador Ahmed informed the Mufti that his short visit was intended to …

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From Sports Grounds to Health Care: Janan Primed for Elite Schools Tournament

From Sports Grounds to Health Care Janan Primed for Elite

By Kayiira Jackson  Janan Secondary School Bombo has expressed full preparedness to host the 2026 USSSA Elite Schools Championship, with the head teacher, Mukwaya Joseph, assuring stakeholders that the institution is ready in all aspects to stage the prestigious tournament slated for February 26th to March 1st, 2026. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Voice of Bugerere, Mukwaya confidently stated …

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