NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police foiled an illegal roadblock at Kavule valley along Semuto road in Matugga and picked up two suspects. The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, says that at about 3pm on boxing day, police officers on motorized patrol found an illegal roadblock between Kavule and …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sergeant Christopher Okot Bruce, the Officer-in-Charge of Opit police post in Omoro district has been arrested for shooting dead a reveler and injuring another. Okot reportedly shot dead Emmanuel Olanya,16, a pupil of Opit Primary School, and injured Simon Okema (25), from Opit town council …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has clarified that their concerns with embattled Association President, Dr. Samuel Oledo are purely based on medical ethics and professionalism. Refuting claims by Dr. Oledo that the doctors’ body had been infiltrated by members of the opposition National Unity Platform …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lwengo district lost an estimated Shillings 100 million last year in deceitful expenditure by heads of department, a report by the District Public Accounts Committee-DPAC has revealed. The report pins heads of departments for conniving to misappropriate public funds as well as falsifying accountability for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has tabled before Parliament, a bill that seeks to amend the Employment Act, 2006 to provide for recruitment agencies to streamline the process of recruitment of employees for engagement abroad. The Government bill also seeks to introduce a clause on employment of migrant workers …

The Ganda Boys release Buganda National Anthem ‘Ekitiibwa kya Buganda’ Bogota, Colombia | THE INDEPENDENT |  After months of recording, Ganda Boys have released a first version of a recording of Ekitibwa Kya Buganda (Buganda anthem) that was recently done at Audio Vision in Bogotá in Colombia. The Ganda Boys have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has released money to the Federation of Uganda’s Football Associations – FUFA to facilitate Uganda Cranes’ participating in the forthcoming TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2022. Earlier this month, Moses Magogo, the FUFA President used his Twitter handle @MosesMagogo to reveal that the …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 20 cases of domestic and gender-based violence are recorded by the Lamwo District Community Department every week. Wilfred Nyeko, the Lamwo District Community Development Officer, told Uganda Radio Network that he registers between 5-7 cases of domestic and gender-based violence each day excluding …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elders in Tooro region have been tasked to be at the forefront in mediating ethnic conflicts in the region. The call was made on Thursday by the Minister of Tourism, Tom Butime at the opening of the seventh edition of the Tooro Peoples’ Conference …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has tabled the National Budget Framework Paper totaling Shs49.9 trillion for the Financial Year 2023/2024. The document, which paves way for the budget approval process by Parliament, was tabled during plenary sitting on Friday, 23 December 2022 by the Minister of Finance, Planning and …