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Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medard Ensinikweri, the incumbent opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party chairperson for Rukiga district has defected to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. Ensinikweri handed over the FDC party card and t-shirt to Twaha Selubowa Yalyakumanyi, Rukiga district NRM party returning officer on …

Famers in Gulu are decrying losses after money they injected for agricultural inputs was allegedly swindled by a former employee of UBA Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Agriculture Cluster Development Project-ACDP rolled out in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and the World Bank in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The high ambulance costs associated with transporting COVID-19 patients are unavoidable according to the Ministry of Health. On the open market, it costs Shillings 360,000 to transport a COVID-19 patient within Kampala. In other parts of the country, private service providers such as City Ambulances …

Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kigezi police are investigating the murder of two people in separate incidents by their family members. The first incident occurred in Rwesigiro village, Kikarara parish, Bwambara sub-county, Rukungiri district at around 10pm on Saturday where 33-year-old Pius Tugumisirize met his death at the hands of …

Lockdown saw a ban on cattle markets in the area to stem the spread of COVID-19 Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 85 percent of the residents of Nakaseke North constituency in Nakaseke district are facing starvation after abandoning crop production in preference to cattle farming. The affected are residents …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bugiri district on Saturday arrested two midwives attached to Bugiri general hospital, over extorting money from mothers before discharging them after their deliveries. The suspects who are being detained at Bugiri central police station are Agnes Lyaka and Zaituni Kalinaki. Their arrest stemmed …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Wazalendo SACCO has commissioned a cash branch at Chieftaincy of Mubende Rehabilitation Centre (CMRC), bringing the total number of cash operating branches to three. The other two being Bombo and Jinja branches. WSACCO has a total of 19 branches …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown thugs raided Arubaine market in the Eastern division of Busia municipality and made off with merchandise worth over Shillings 50million. The thugs raided the market on Saturday night and broke in several lockups. They made off with eight boxes of tomatoes, unspecified bunches of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Efforts towards ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young women have stalled as none of the targets for 2020 were met, the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS-Free campaign by UNAIDS has revealed. The report shows that the total number of children …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint Stock Company Global Security, a Russian company that was awarded a 10 year contract on Friday to install digital monitoring system in all motorcycles and vehicles in Uganda is facing bankruptcy litigation in Moscow, court documents in Russia reveal. The company is also facing …