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Mubende, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Government is hiring people disguised as crime preventers to help rig the January 14, 2021 polls, according to independent presidential candidate, John Katumba.  He, however, cautioned the group against any involvement in electoral malpractices, saying it is not only subversive but self-defeating.    Addressing voters …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | East Kyoga police have stepped up inspections along the main roads in Soroti, Kumi and Kalaki districts as Christmas draws closer. Besides the Police checkpoint at Awoja Bridge, along Soroti- Mbale Road, another checkpoint has been erected at the border between Ngora and Kumi and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The United States (US) Mission has criticized the arrest of Human Rights Lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo and tasked the government to ensure his safety. Opio was picked was picked up by plain clothed security operative from a restaurant in Kamwokya on Tuesday where he was having …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has nominated 43 candidates for the 20 Special Interest Group parliamentary seats. The constitution creates five categories of Special Interest Groups, which include the Elderly, the Youth, and People with Disabilities, Workers and the Uganda People’s Defense Forces.    Other than the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo is in the custody of the Special Investigations Division-SID for his alleged involvement in money laundering and other related malicious acts.  “We would like to confirm the arrest of lawyer Nicholas Opio, by a joint task team of security and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cubs stopped Tanzania 3-1 to retain the regional CECAFA U-17 Cup in the final played on Tuesday at the Umuganda Stadium in Rubavu, Rwanda. The Tanzanian side came all out with a defensive approach, but Oscar Mawa almost gave the Cubs the lead after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has come out to discourage the use of the face shields as an alternative to face masks. The Ministry of Health has recently noted the increasing numbers of Ugandans using face shields instead of face masks as a preventive measure against Covid-19, …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | The UN World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday announced a further reduction of cash transfers and food rations for about 1.2 million refugees in Uganda due to funding shortfall. The food aid agency in a statement issued said with effect from February 2021, refugees in Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has today praised God for the guidance to to buy Airbus A330-800neo aircrafts and not Boeing airplanes that have been crashing and killing people. Museveni made the statement during the ceremony held at Entebbe VIP Terminal to receive Uganda Airlines first Airbus …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate John Katumba has decried the Shillings 25,000 monthly gratuity disbursed by the government to senior citizens saying it is too little to sustain an individual for a month. Government pays out Shillings 25,000 to the elderly citizens from 65 years of age …