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NRM attracts over 2,100 aspirants in Nomination Surge Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of aspirants who have picked up nomination forms to contest for positions within the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has soared to 2,100 just five days into the exercise. According to figures released Tuesday …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, David Bahati, has asked commercial institutions to establish innovative financing solutions for the manufacturing sector in a bid to boost its growth. This, he said while officiating the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) …

Local mosque leaders at the Namugongo Martyrs site are openly accusing senior figures within UMSC, who received the funds, of failing to disburse the money directly to the site for its intended purpose.  Namugongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amid escalating disputes over state funds for this year’s Muslim Martyrs Day …

Bullisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has allayed fears of a looming lockdown following viral social media claims around a purported surge in COVID-19 infections in Uganda. Speaking to URN in an interview on Tuesday, Dr Col Henry Kyobe, the COVID-19 incident commander in the ministry, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Kampala-based lawyer Drake Twebaze Katabazi to Luzira Prison over charges of conspiring with others, including Kampala District Land Board Chairman David Balondemu, to defraud an American company of over Shs2 billion. On Tuesday, Grade One Magistrate Alex …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gunmen dressed in military uniform over the weekend kidnapped and killed a Compassion International official before dumping his body by the roadside near a railway line in Namumira village, Mukono Central Division. The victim, Godfrey Wayengera, 45, lived in Nsuube A village and served as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kansai Plascon Uganda has donated sh25 million worth of paint to the Naguru Reception Centre, a government institution housing and rehabilitating vulnerable children. The donation, made in partnership with the Rotary Club of Kololo, will facilitate the refurbishment of the center, creating a more …

Muyingo revealed that he had earlier consulted with President Yoweri Museveni, who advised him to focus on his duties at the Education Ministry. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo, says he is yet to decide whether to contest for the Bamunanika …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Joel Ssenyonyi, has written to the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, over the recently implemented automated electronic penalty system—EPS. Motorists today blamed the massive jams that hit the Kampala City Central Business District …

Makerere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have fired in the air to disperse a section of National Unity Platform supporters at the Makerere-Kavule offices. Chaos erupted on Tuesday when a group of National Unity Platform supporters from Nansana municipality, escorting candidate Steven Kaweesi, held a procession along Bombo Road …