NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magyezi has said that there is no need to put in place new legislation to facilitate the implementation of the Parish model. Magyezi was on Wednesday, 03 March 2022 appearing before the Local Government Committee where he presented the guidelines …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hilary Obaloker Onek has clashed with Kikuube district officials over his directives to chase people who were evicted from Kyangwali refugee settlement from the office of the Resident District Commissioner. The affected family members have pitched camp …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A two-year study on the refugee populations in Uganda has revealed that refugees are more economically viable than they have been considered before. The ‘End-line Study for the Financial Inclusion for Refugees Project’ on the theme: Rebuilding Livelihoods in Displacement was aimed at enabling policymakers, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have destroyed 145.22kilograms of narcotics worth Shillings 778million. The drugs were destroyed at the Police Drugs Destruction center in Nsambya barracks on Wednesday evening in the presence of the Entebbe Chief Magistrate Juliet Nakitende. The drugs were seized at Entebbe International Airport between 2020 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 27-year-old woman has been remanded to Kigo prison on allegations of aggravated trafficking in children. Lydia Akello appeared before Grade One Magistrate Stella Paculal Okwong on Wednesday afternoon but was not allowed to take plea. Akello, the Director of Shalom Akena orphanage was arrested …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have demanded for a timely appraisal of the Agriculture Cluster Development Project being implemented under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. The project that was rolled out in 2019 as a 6-year project intended to empower farmers to demand and …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Iteso Cultural Union-ICU Council has named its embattled chairperson, Paul Sande Emolot as an interim Emorimor. The council also passed a resolution to disband the cabinet led by the Prime Minister Augustine Omare Okurut, for alleged insubordination to the council. The decision was reached …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standard-UNBS has resumed operations against dealers in fuel products to rid the market of substandard or adulterated fuel. The campaign conducted jointly with the Ministry of Energy largely involves sensitizing the public on the adulteration of fuels and under-measurement, as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have preferred charges of fraudulent accounting, abuse of office, embezzlement and causing financial loss to the government against Dr. Baterana Byarugaba, the executive director of Mulago National Referral Hospital. According to the State House Health Monitoring Unit, the above crimes were committed in …

Vienna, Austria | Xinhua | Russia has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its forces have taken control of the territory around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday. Grossi said in a statement that Russian diplomats in Vienna told the IAEA …