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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY The reshuffle?: Museveni new cabinet; It’s his fight for survival THE LAST WORD On Museveni’s new cabinet: The president’s choice of ministers and what it tells us about the factors that shape the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Boda Boda cyclist in Katwe has been lynched for allegedly stabbing a police officer. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says that the unknown cyclist attacked and stabbed police constable Ismail Menjar, who was on duty enforcing the curfew on Friday evening. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Bugiri district have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly killing his two children on Friday night. Fred Kibete, a resident of Buduma A village in Muwayo town council was arrested over the death of his five-year-old son Elvin Mwoyi and daughter, …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Energy Ministry has drawn a new roadmap for the second competitive oil bidding round for five blocks in the Albertine region. The five oil blocks along its western border with Congo and parts of the West Nile region have been on offer since …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has named 21 new members to serve in the General Court Martial. In a letter dated June 8th, President Museveni reappointed Lt Gen Andrew Gutti as the army court chairman for another term. Others reappointed are;  Col Richard Tukacungurwa as Judge …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mbale District Task Force has closed a private clinic which was found with a 50litre oxygen cylinder has been closed. On Wednesday Police arrested Alex Nyongesa, the director of Health for Life General Medical Clinic and Laboratory  and his staff Job Cherotich for …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business continues to boom at Elegu Township in Amuru District, Uganda’s border point of entry into neighbouring South Sudan despite the lockdown instituted to curtail the spread of COVID-19. There is an influx of cargo truckers delivering goods to Juba while security officials; police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have called for more decentralization of the management of national resources to make sure that they are spent at the lowest levels of government as much as possible. Much as Uganda operates a decentralized system of government, the central government accounts for most of …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Dr Solomon Gafabusa Iguru has tasked the government to immediately investigate the motives behind the persistent attacks on his subjects on the Lake Albert waters. In a speech read for him by Andrew Byakutaga, the Kingdom Prime Minister during …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Manzi Tumubweine, the former Rukiga County Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Privatization has died. Tumubweine succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday night at around 10:00 PM at Case Clinic in Kampala where he has been admitted. His death was confirmed by the …