NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Judge Wilson J. Kwesiga has today issued criminal summons against two police officers after they failed to appear in court for the second time. The police officers identified as detective AIP Francis Katega and Corporal Viola Nambi, are currently attached to Kyengera and Kabalagala …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are hunting for a group of people who hurled petrol bombs at two motor vehicles in Kireka along the Kampala-Jinja highway. The first incident was reported by one Shafic Mubiru, who was driving a vehicle registration number UAJ 320S. He was attacked along the railway …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Uganda Breweries Limited and National Agricultural Research Organisation have launched a partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation commitment that seeks to establish, foster and promote research and development in the agriculture sector. The MoU signing would promote linkages and partnership for purposes of …

Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Rukiga District council has passed a motion to split Rukiga County into two constituencies. The district started its operations in July 2017 after it had been curved from Kabale district.  Since then, it remained both a county and a district.  During a council session held …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Washington based International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed Uganda government approached it for another loan and discussions are progressing well. The IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice yesterday revealed that Uganda requested for a three-year loan arrangement. The loan could be in the range of $900 …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Several private schools in Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso districts have revised the payment mode for their teachers, as they struggle to keep afloat after the COVID-19 uncertainty. Teachers who sought anonymity told URN that the schools are paying them as low as 2,000 Shillings for …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Students of Kilembe Senior Secondary School in Kasese municipality on Thursday staged a demonstration accusing the teachers of absenteeism.  The students locked their classes and marched to the office of the Resident District Commissioner protesting teacher absenteeism.   Some of the students who spoke on condition …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Church of Uganda is hunting for Uganda Shillings 188 million to rehabilitate the dilapidated house of the Bishop of the Northern Diocese in Gulu. The house constructed about 100 years ago by the early Church Missionary Society at Mican Parish adjacent to St. Philips …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Mark Twinamatsiko, the head coach of the Kabale-based Kigezi Home Boyz Football Club has been sacked over poor performance. Twinamatsiko was unveiled by the club in October 2020 on a three-year contract replacing Vialli Bainomugisha who had also been sacked. However, the Club Chief Executive …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Football fraternity is excited after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday honoured former Uganda Cranes Captain Denis Onyango. During a function held at the State House in Entebbe, Museveni and the Education and Sports Minister Janet Museveni honoured the former Cranes skipper and …