NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security team has arrested 13 suspected members of the Allied Democratic Force-ADF terror cell and Mai-Mai rebel group. Eight of the suspects have been arrested by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence in Buikwe district whereas others were picked by Crime Intelligence in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank has signed a partnership with the ministry of health which will see the bank offer a range of low interest loans to health workers across the country. The loans range from personal unsecured salary loans to secured loans, mortgages, vehicle and asset financing …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busia police are holding a man accused of masquerading as one of them. The suspect is Godfrey Wasike, a resident of Mbaale village in Masaba sub-county. Police also accuse Wasike of deploying himself at Buhehe police station in Buhehe sub-county, illegal possession of two pairs …

Kakumiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three armed thugs have robbed a businesswoman in Kakumiro district of Shillings 4million. The gunmen raided a hardware shop belonging to Justine Kesande, a prominent businesswoman in Kikora trading center on Saturday evening, and placed her at gunpoint. They ordered her to surrender all the …

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A free medical camp organised at Bunjako landing site in Buwama sub-county, Mpigi district has attracted hundreds of teenage mothers bringing to fore, the problem of teenage pregnancies that has spread across the country. The Maternal and Child Health Community outreach organised by the Rotary …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandan socialite Zari Hassan has dismissed photographs circulating on social media, saying they are from a Gospel Music shoot she had recently and not an introduction (kukyala) ceremony. The photographs are being shared as having been taken at a ‘secret introduction ceremony.” Zari, 41, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Motorists expected a smooth ride on the newly built John Babiiha road, also known as Acacia Avenue to replace their experience of the old narrow and potholed road. However, as Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA fully opens the road to traffic, it has become a scene …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rural communities in Lamwo and Pader districts are living in fear of experiencing new cases of nodding syndrome due to an upsurge in black flies. People living along the belt of the fast-flowing river Achwa, say that since November last year, the population of black …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened surveillance by Kanungu district health officials at the common border with the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC following the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. On October 8th, 2021, DRC’s Minister of Public Health, Hygiene and Prevention, Dr. Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda confirmed the …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the country continues battling the COVID-19 outbreak, the environment has equally been hit hard by the pandemic. In Bunyoro sub-region, most of the people who lost their jobs resulting from the closure of certain companies and offices turned to mother nature for survival. Most …