NEWS

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The refurbishment of the Gulu –Lira and Gulu –Kitgum power lines has commenced.  The Six Billion Shillings project was to take the last six months from November 2019 to April 2020, but due to the outbreak of COVID -19, it was halted only to resume …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Mbarara police have for the better half of the morning engaged in running battles with students of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) who staged a protest in the university. Police led by the Mbarara city Police commander John Rutagira moved around the University …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The construction works of the Kasese one-stop centre has been completed.   The purpose of the One-stop Centres is to provide important services at a single location and to save time for both the clients and government officials. The idea is that citizens would no longer …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parents and schools are locked in a heated discussion over the promotion of learners who have been studying during the lockdown. A cross-section of learners, mainly from urban schools, has been studying online, over the last one year, since the closure of schools. The parents …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Communities neighbouring Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese District have asked the Uganda wildlife Authority- UWA to expedite compensation of people whose livelihood is affected by wildlife.   In 2019, President Museveni assented to the Wildlife Act 2019. According to the Act, compensation will be given …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police officers in Busoga sub region have been advised to prepare themselves for retirement so as to avoid living desperate lives after service. The force’s deputy director of human resource management, Godfrey Musana says that, such initiatives are aimed at guiding officers on how to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Small and medium women entrepreneurs have asked the government and financial institutions to streamline financing models to suit the nature of their businesses. This follows a study on the impact of financing sources for women and how COVID-19 affected their livelihoods. The study, by the …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Farouk Nyede, the Principal Human Rights Officer in charge of greater Masaka sub-region is on the sport for failing to document and violations that occurred in the area during the recent general election. Nyende was on Thursday appearing before the Human Rights Committee of Parliament …

Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kamwenge district authorities have lifted a ban on butcheries and livestock movement after vaccinating 5,000 cattle against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) , a viral disease of cloven hoofed livestock. The District Veterinary Department had closed butcheries and put a ban on livestock movement after …

Kampala, Uganda | EVA NAMUGABI – URN | Stella Nayiga, 24 year old wife of one of the 177 ‘missing persons’ listed as being under government custody, is wondering who has been eating the food she has on several times taken to Kitalya prison for her husband Kassim Migadde, 32. While …