NEWS

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched a new partnership to strengthen the capacity of Africa to prepare for and respond to public health threats.  The four-year project dubbed ‘EU for …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | General Gregg Mugisha Muntu, the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT presidential candidate has promised to improve the housing sector in Mbale city.  Muntu, who is canvassing support in Bugisu region for his presidential bid, made the pledge while meeting voters in BCU quarters in Namatala ward …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Politicians who have resorted to walking barefoot to make political statements are exposing themselves to several infections, according to health experts. Forum for Democratic Change – FDC party presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat arrived barefoot at the nomination center after a scuffle with security officer. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police has arrested three of their very own for allegedly guarding an illegal music concert that took place on Saturday night at the Ddungu Resort, Munyonyo in Kampala. According to SP Patrick Onyango, the spokesperson Kampala Metropolitan Police,  the police officers who have been arrested …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Katwe Police station are holding Nigerian artiste Omah Lay for holding an unauthorized concert in violation of the ban on social gathering to stop the spread of Covid-19. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, says the artist was picked up together with Ivan Ddungu, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The three people who were killed in an accident involving six motor vehicles along Bukoto-Kisasi road were employees of Kati-Kati restaurant. The trio was killed and several others injured when a Sino truck registration number UAZ 164D lost control and rammed into six other vehicles …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There will be no need to invoke Col. Kizza Besigye’s plan B to oust President Yoweri Museveni from power come January 14th, 2020, Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party presidential candidate has said. This comes a day after the Forum for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil society activists have condemned the decision by the Financial Intelligence Authority-FIA to freeze the accounts of Uganda Women’s Network-UWONET and Uganda National-NGO Forum for alleged terror financing. FIA froze the accounts of the two organisations in Stanbic Bank, ABSA Bank, KCB Bank and Standard …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Media practitioners and activists are up in arms against the seven day ultimatum that was given to practising journalists by the Media Council of Uganda to register or risk being denied accreditation to cover the 2021 elections and other public functions. Last week, Paulo Ekochu, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s main power distribution company, Umeme, has tabled a $219 million (Shs 813.2 billion budget) for the year 2021. Of that, $119 million (Shs 442.4 billion) will be for capital investments in the grid while $60m (Shs 222.4bn) will cater for net operating costs. The …