NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The 35 supporters of National Unity Platform -NUP who are currently facing trial in the General Court Martial have applied for bail for the fourth time since they were arrested about four months ago. The supporters are:  Ali Bukeni alias Nubian Li, Edward Ssebuufu alias …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda National Examinations Board is investigating the decrease in the number of candidates in the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations (UACE) cycles. The examinations body says it has recorded a significant decline in the number of candidates who registered …

  Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Fish farmers in Busia district are faced shortage of food to for the fish they are raring in ponds. According to the farmers, they are worried over the fish fingerlings in the ponds whose growth is being retarded and their quality quality deteriorating due …

 Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police officers in Agago District are on the spot for allegedly aiding illegal charcoal trade.  This follows reports on the thriving commercial charcoal trade in the district despite the ban on commercial production and transportation of charcoal. The ban instituted during a full council meeting …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The residents of Elegu town council in Amuru district are appealing for a massive COVID-19 tests to be carried out following their interaction with truck drivers whose status is unknown.  Over 2000 truck drivers from the East African countries recently staged a strike, parking their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Immigrations Directorate in the Internal Affairs Ministry is stuck with 1504 passports of people who were quarantined during the Covid-19 lockdown. Jacob Siminyu, the Internal Affairs Ministry Spokesperson, says the passports were confiscated during lockdown since it was one of the ways to keep …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Makindye West Member of Parliament Allan Aloizious Ssewanyana has today declared that he will contest for the Presidency of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA).  The FUFA Elective General Assembly will take place in August this year. While addressing the media today at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police’s Crime Intelligence have arrested six people suspected to have executed the recent robbery that was captured on CCTV camera in a Chinese national’s residence in Kyambogo, a Kampala city suburb. The suspects posed as National Water Sewerage Corporation -NWSC staff to execute the attack …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The High Court in Kampala has rejected a request by former parliamentary candidate Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu to use newspapers or the court notice board to serve the Kampala Central MP-Elect Muhammad Nsereko documents seeking to overturn his victory. Nyanzi, a candidate of the opposition  National …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A suspected outbreak of Coccidiosis has claimed hundreds of poultry birds in Palaro Sub County in Gulu district.  The disease has been reported in Palaro trading center, Mede, Oroko and Ongedo parishes.   An infected bird manifests with drooping in chicken, flu, difficulty in breathing, discharge …