Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has deported three Canadian Journalists who had reportedly come into the country to cover the 2021 elections. Foreign correspondents Lily Martins and J F Bisson and Margaret Evans had been accredited to work in Uganda, but according to Ofwono Opondo the Director …
Read More »COVID-19: NRM secretary general Lumumba identified as contact, goes into self-isolation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party secretary general Justine Kasule Lumumba has gone into self quarantine after three of her staff were found to be COVID-19 positive on Sunday. “Dear all its with sadness that I report this minor setback and hope and …
Read More »NRM cadres refuse to vote party flag bearers ‘who cheated’
Bushigayi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NRM cadres from Bushigayi town council Bukibokolo Sub Counties have rejected proposal to vote NRM flag bearers. They revealed this evening during a meeting with the NRM leaders of Bududa district who asked them to vote NRM flag bearers only and leave the independents …
Read More »CSOs warn about credibility and fairness of Uganda’s elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Non-Government Organisations-NGO that monitor the electoral process have cast doubt on the possibility of having a credible Ugandan electoral process amidst violent events and frustration of opposition voices during campaigns. These organized under the National NGO Forum say the episodes of violence observed in …
Read More »BREAKING: Mordena COVID-19 vaccine at 100% efficacy
Vaccine efficacy against COVID-19 was 94.1%; vaccine efficacy against severe COVID-19 was 100% Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine now shows efficacy of 100% against severe coronavirus infections, its manufactures have said. They will apply today to the US Food and Drug Administration for an authorisation …
Read More »ELECTIONS: Several feared dead in Nakifuma
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have refuted reports that indicate several people were been killed as NUP candidate Robert Kyagulanyi’s convoy entered Mukono region on Monday. Separately, Uganda Police in Nagalama are investigating a serious accident that happened today at Mayangayanga along Nagoje road. A somber mood has meanwhile engulfed …
Read More »Police suspends selling fuel in jerry cans
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda police Force- UPF have suspended selling and buying of fuel in jerry-cans at all pumps until the end of elections. They say this is to curtail acts of making petrol bombs in the anticipated riots. This follows the protests that took place 2 …
Read More »Amudat girls use lockdown to sneak to Kenya to be circumcized
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is on the rise in Amudat district according to officials and anti FGM activists. Uganda in 2010 outlawed the harmful practice, but despite the legal instrument, the country has struggled ending the practice among the Pokot girls. URN reports …
Read More »Ugandan amputees to get artificial limbs from India
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to extend its humanitarian work, the government of India through the Indian Women Association (IWA) in Uganda has launched a camp to provide artificial limbs to amputees in Uganda. The chairperson of IWA, Suman Venkatesh said that the artifical limb fitment camp …
Read More »Amuriat promises to mend Uganda-Rwanda relations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat has promised to mend the relations between Uganda and Rwanda once elected president. Amuriat made the promise on Sunday while campaigning in Kisoro district. Rwanda has closed its border with Uganda since February 2019. …
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