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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kinyabwamba-Kahembe village in Kitswamba sub-county, Kasese district are reeling from shock after finding a senior student of Hima Progressive High School in Hima town council, hiding with her new born in the bush. The teenager whose name has been held because she is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has a long way to go in reducing maternal mortality, according to the Minister of Primary Healthcare Margaret Muhanga. She made the remarks during the first Maternal and Infant Health Quality Care Forum in Kampala on Tuesday. According to Muhanga, while the country has been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda acted prudently by going slow on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project which meant delays in borrowing at least USD 2.3 billion or more than Shillings 8trillion, according to experts. This is the estimated cost for only the Malaba-Kampala stretch, but the whole project connecting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have heaped praises upon themselves for distinguished work accomplished following the expiry of the first session of the 11th Parliament on Friday last week. The first session of the August House commenced on May 24th, 2021 under the late former Speaker of parliament, …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has picked up three Entebbe municipal council officials for alleged corruption. The suspects are Frank Ssekagiri, the Entebbe Municipal Community Development Officer, Sarah Monica Nabirye, the Acting Principal Education Officer, and Engineer Christine Nanfuka. The trio was picked up on Tuesday …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Mukono District Council, Betty Hope Nakasi has clashed with the LC5 chairperson, Rev. Peter Bakaluba over the appointment of the District Service Commission chairperson. The controversy started after the chairperson presented the name of Idris Badru Ssemakula for approval as District Service Commission-DSC …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jailed city lawyer Male Mabirizi is negotiating with the Uganda Prisons Services to take him to the East African Court of Justice in Arusha, Tanzania for the hearing of his case challenging the decision to shut down the internet and Facebook during the 2021 general elections, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health activists have expressed displeasure with the government’s delay to operationalize the National AIDS Trust Fund. Parliament enacted the HIV Prevention and Control Act in 2014, and the law was operationalized in 2018 enabling the government to levy 2 percent of total annual tax levies …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations have asked the government to stop using the military during elections in order to attract women to participate in the forthcoming women’s council elections. The call was made on Tuesday during a consultative meeting organized by the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy. The …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UPDF 5th Infantry Division in Achol-Pii, Pader district has apologized for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Josephine Adoch, a student of Amyel Lapono Seed Secondary School in Lira Kato sub county, Agago district on Monday night. Adoch was reportedly shot to death near a military …