NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary has come out to clarify that the petition in which Dr Kizza Besigye wanted a charge of preventive arrest repealed from the Police Act was yesterday dismissed erroneously. On Monday, a panel of five Constitutional Court judges led by Justice Egonda Ntende …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has plans to construct more roads in neighboring countries as a means to boost trade. This was revealed by the Minister for Works General Katumba Wamala who was addressing journalists at the government media centre on Tuesday on the proposal that will see Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several teaching and non-teaching staff in different public education institutions are using school re-opening to remind the government about their unresolved salary demands and are threatening to stage strikes over these. Before the closure of schools, there were different groups of staff in public education …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district taskforce has closed down all coronavirus quarantine centers over lack of funds. The quarantine centers are Pandwong health center III and St Joseph’s Hospital all in Kitgum municipality which hasve been closed for the past two weeks and one month respectively. They were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA has set Saturday October 10th, as the date for the FUFA Big League playoffs at its technical center in Njeru. This was resolved at a consultative meeting with men’s teams that were set to feature in various league playoffs …

Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 300 households in Palam sub county in Katakwi district are out in the cold after being displaced by floods. The flood victims have pitched camp at Palam primary school following the flooding triggered by heavy rains that have pounded the district over the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increasing number of dairy farmer’s cooperatives selling veterinary drugs to livestock farmers without authorization has drawn the attention of the National Drug Authority-NDA. This stems from an operation conducted by Mbarara branch NDA officials where over 80 non-compliant drug outlets were closed and over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nyabushozi County MP Col Fred Mwesigye has been declared the winner of the National Resistance Movement-NRM flag in Nyabushozi County after the cancellation of the repeated primary elections initially scheduled for today, October 6, 2020. The declaration follows a decision by contenders to withdraw from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people are nursing critical injuries at Atutur general hospital after a bus accident on Monday evening. A Gateway bus registration number, UAH 781Z rammed into a house of John Luke Akiiso along Soroti- Mbale road in Olupe trading center, Kumi sub county in Kumi …

 Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gerald Zzinga, an NUP coordinator, Sunday Kamala,  Kakembo Yuda and Buculi, all residents of Nkose landing site in Mazinga sub-county, Kalangala district are languishing behind bars after being detained over assaulting Ssebuwufu Joseph, an NRM supporter It is alleged that these four raided a bar …