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Sembabule, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM party in Sembabule district is locked in disagreements ahead of the party primary polls slated for Friday, September 4. Parrty members will be choosing candidates for Parliamentary constituencies and the district leadership.  In preparation for the exercise, the party is in …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Countries that are opening their economies must be serious about suppressing COVID-19  infections, to save the world from a disaster that could arise from opening up without a plan, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.  To control transmission, the who chief  …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A medical doctor, Dickson Opul has declared intentions to contest for 2021 Presidential elections as a UPC candidate, ending speculation that the party that has twice ruled Uganda may not field a presidential candidate in the 20201 polls. Uganda People’s Congress has been fielding candidates …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court of Uganda will be sitting inside Luzira Maximum Security Prison to try 38 terrorism suspects who include the suspected Allied Democratic Forces Commander, Jamil Mukulu who was extradited from Tanzania in 2015. A meeting on Monday that included International Crimes Division -ICD …

Apac,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Apac District have arrested a Uganda People’s Defence –UPDF for allegedly conning people and masquerading as a staff of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit.  Private Victor Omara, 30 years, a resident of Agege in Bala Sub County, Kole district who lives in Barapwoo …

Bushenyi ,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi Police is holding the Kizinda Town Council NRM party registrar for allegedly of tampering with the voter’s register. He has been identified as Natwijuka Evans.  Archangel Barekye, the Bushenyi District NRM party registrar said that Natwijuka was found deleting names and replacing them …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Security Taskforce on Covid-19 has today named 25 shopping complexes in Kampala that are not following the directives issued by the government to limit the spread of coronavirus.   Police Spokesman Fred Enanga named the culprits that now face sanctioning as Nansamba Arcade, …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) has directed manufacturers to label, all government face masks with their company logos. The directive comes amidst numerous complaints about the poor quality of free masks recently distributed by the government.  Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said on Monday …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Candidates contesting for the Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party presidency have been cautioned against attacking each other during the campaigns.   Last week the party Chairman Ambassador Wasswa Biriggwa and Patrick Oboi Amuriat aka POA were nominated for the party presidency. During a weekly …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s tea earnings have rebounded from a slight slump in March which was occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic lockdown that saw the Mombasa tea auction house temporarily shut. According to official government figures, tea sellers earned more money in April, May, and June 2020, an …