Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of National Resistance Movement-NRM party chairpersons in Kitgum district have stormed out of a meeting over lack of transport refund. The 357 Sub County, Parish and village chairpersons had assembled at MSGR Antonio Vigna Secondary School in Kitgum Municipality on Thursday for the launch …
Read More »Schools release learners for holidays with a safety precaution
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cross-section of Schools has expressed fear about the safety of the learners as they return home today, ending the second term of school amidst an escalation of COVID-19 cases in the country. The learners in candidate classes will stay home for one month, before …
Read More »Mineral police protection unit accused of engaging in illegal mining
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Artisanal miners under their umbrella, the Uganda Association of Artisans and Small Scale Miners have accused the Mineral Protections Unit of engaging in illegal mining activities and harassing small scale miners. The unit was created at the height of conflicts in the mining areas of …
Read More »Kabuleta pledges to transform sports into an industry
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential hopeful Joseph Kabuleta has pledged to transform sports into an industry that will not only be a recreation but an employment enterprise. Kabuleta told sportsmen in Kasese Municipality on Thursday evening that regardless of how talented youth in Uganda are, it is becoming very …
Read More »Internal fights escalate among NRM camps in Kyotera
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A fresh feud has emerged in the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Kyotera district, as the party reportedly replaced Agnes Namusiitwa, the party’s publicity secretary accusing her of siding with a faction within the party. This happens barely a week after a rival NRM faction …
Read More »Umbro sportswear company signs deal to supply Uganda cranes for 4 years
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Umbro, an English Sportswear and football equipment supplier has signed a partnership to be the official technical sponsor of the Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) for the next four years. The partnership that extends to all FUFA’s affiliated teams will see Umbro supply both men’s …
Read More »Bukedi residents seek alternatives as gov’t ejects them from wetlands
Bukedi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents within the districts of Kibuku, Butebo, Pallisa and Butaleja have asked the government to find better alternatives for rice growers before pushing them out of the wetlands, which have been their main source of livelihood over the years. They argue that they do not …
Read More »Kyagulanyi vows to end Museveni’s rule
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity platform-NUP party presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has vowed to end Museveni’s reign in Uganda. Kyagulanyi who is commonly known as Bobi Wine started his campaign tour to Kigezi sub region yesterday in Kisoro district and ended it in Rukungiri district before …
Read More »Bankers say the worst is yet to come as pandemic rages on
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The financial sector forecast is that the full effect of the Covid-19 pandemic will be realized in the next two years when investments and projects that were started earlier were supposed to have started yielding returns. The real bad effect of the pandemic has not …
Read More »20 year-old mother shot in Kyagulanyi riots rots at home
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 20 year old single mother of a two-months-old baby is rotting at home in a city slum due to lack of money to buy medicine for her bullet wounds. Shakirah Nyemera who lives in Banda says she has gone to Mulago several times but …
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