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Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Onduparaka Football Club based in Arua has signed 12 new players as they prepare for the resumption of the Uganda Premier League. Last week, President Museveni gave a green light for out-door sports activities to resume after over five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two market vendors in Kitgum Municipality have been evicted from their stalls after they allegedly voted for a candidate the market chairperson and vendors opposed. Alice Lacwec and Kevin Alimocan all vendors at Tuma Atoo market in Central Division were reportedly shown the exits after …

Kalangala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A cross section of travelers have decried the prolonged absence of the MV Kalangala ferry. The ferry stopped operating the Entebbe-Kalangala route in February when it was taken for regular maintainance. Seven months later,the ferry has not yet resumed operations. Now, travelers including Nalongo Agnes …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The leader of opposition in Parliament, Betty Aol Ochan has expressed disappointment about the failure by Parliament to effect constitutional amendments that would reduce the president’s powers. She notes that the government has been dragging its feet on putting in place a constitutional review commission …

Sembabule, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Major General Sabiiti Muzeyi has pitched camp in Sembabule district amid rising political tensions ahead of the NRM parliamentary primaries for Mawogola North and West constituencies.   On September 30th the National Resistance Movement – NRM Party members in the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  In an unprecedented suit,  a city lawyer Steven Kalali has sued the Electoral Commission accusing them of forging of his signature to accept that prisoners would participate in voting in 2026 elections but not in 2021 as earlier ordered by court. In June 2020, High …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The former chancellor of Kampala Archdiocese Monsgnor Charles Kimbowa has today been laid to rest at the Rubaga cathedral cemetery.  Archbishops from around the country attended the burial after a requiem mass led by the chairperson of the episcopal conference Bishop Joseph Antony Zziwa.  Monsgnor …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has said that 80 per cent of the people who have succumbed to COVID-19 were battling diabetes. As of Monday, Uganda had recorded 75 deaths as a result of COVID-19.  Dr Gerald Mutungi, who heads the Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Division …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Several Ugandans burning with ambition to unseat President Yoweri Museveni and take his job come next year’s elections are beginning to feel the hurdles they have to jump over even before getting nominated to stand if they are to realize their dream. After getting the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Kyambogo University has set October 17th as the reopening date for final year students to complete their studies. This also applies to the final year students in their learning centers of Bushenyi and Soroti. The teaching will resume on 19th October and it will last …