NEWS

Fort Porta, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Voice of Tooro radio station in Fort Portal was on Wednesday morning switched off after a contestant in the Fort Portal Tourism City Woman Member of Parliament race, Sylvia Rwabwogo, had started speaking. Rwabwogo, who is the incumbent Kabarole district Woman MP, always participants …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The head of Communication and Public Affairs for Africa at Google, Dorothy Ooko has said “it is very hard to just have a channel removed due to a government request.” That was her quick and brief response to a letter by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council of Sports (NCS) has procured a generator for the Lugogo MTN Indoor Arena following power outages during night games. Although the Arena is connected to the national grid, during night games, the frequent power blackouts have frustrated both players and fans. It …

Fort Portal, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement- NRM party supporters in Tooro Sub-region want President Museveni, to speak out on several unfulfilled pledges that he has made over the years.    Museveni is scheduled to hold campaign meetings in Fort Portal Tourism City on Wednesday, where he is …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Medical Association-UMA is blaming the high number of COVID-19 infections among health workers to the low quality of Personal Protective Equipment-PPE distributed by the government to health facilities and high fatigue levels. Over 1500 health workers had tested positive for COVID-19 and 14 others …

 Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Busia district has denied the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party presidential candidate Mugisha Muntu campaign venue in Busia town.     Mugisha Muntu is expected to hold a campaign rally in Busia on Thursday.  Moses Kakiryo, the Busia District Police Commander-DPC says that …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Mufti of Uganda Shaban Mubaje has tasked Muslims with the requisite qualifications in Islamic studies to take up leadership positions in his administration.  Addressing mourners at the sendoff of the fallen Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC chairperson, Dr. Abdulkadir Balonde at Wantunda village in Busedde …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan researcher Dr. Gerald Mboowa has been awarded the Anglophone prize for the Young Investigators Award -2020.  “I am so excited to be awarded the Anglophone prize for the Young Investigators Award – 2020 by the African Association for Research & Control of Anti-Microbial Resistance …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked the people of Kasese not to vote opposition leaders in next year’s elections.  For close to two decades, Kasese District has been voting Opposition leaders from Members of Parliament to lower local councils.  In the 2016 General Election, the opposition …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Kampala has declared that the decision to send the former Permanent Secretary to Judiciary Expedito Kagole Kivumbi on indefinite forced leave is illegal and unreasonable. The Deputy head of Civil Division, Justice Musa Ssekaana in his ruling on Tuesday noted that Kivumbi’s …