NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Retired Major Stephen Rwakanuma, the Operation Wealth Creation- OWC coordinator in Isingiro district has been granted bail by the General Court Martial. Rwakanuma, who is being charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition was released on a non-cash bail of 10 million …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces –UPDF has barred Local Defense Unit–LDU personnel from daytime security operations. A statement by the newly appointed Defense Ministry Spokesperson, Brig Flavia Byekwaso, says although LDUs who have completed a fresher training are going to be redeployed, their role is restricted …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief Rwot David Onen Acana II has decried inadequate funding which is hindering operations of the Chiefdom. Some building projects of the institution at its headquarters in West Division of Gulu City are on a standstill.  The chiefdom’s programs to conduct sensitization …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A 43-year-old man accused of hacking two people to death and injuring two others in Kabale District has been arrested.    John Mugisha, a resident of Nyamugoma village, Kaharo parish in Kaharo Sub County on Sunday hacked to death his stepmother, Jacenta Birungi and his …

 Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Staff Appeals Tribunal has quashed the dismissal of Dr Juma Anthony Okuku, a Senior Lecturer at Makerere’s Department of Political Science in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences –CHUSS. The Tribunal has ordered his immediate reinstatement into the University Service from …

Rubanda, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A village chairman in Rubanda District is on the run after stabbing the defence secretary. Deus Bonane, the Hamurara village Local Council One Chairman in Bubaare sub-county, Rubanda district reportedly stabbed the defence secretary Moses Tumusiime during a fight on Sunday night.  Tumusiime, who …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The elevation of Soroti municipality to a city has earned the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga support from Teso region towards her candidature for the position of second Deputy Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement- NRM party.  Kadaga’s bid to retain the position gained momentum …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Gulu have said they are struggling to attract commercial flights at Gulu airport due to negative perceptions about the facility by the business community. Located, about three kilometres north-west of the Central Business District of Gulu, the largest metropolitan area in Acholi sub-region, …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has been tasked to explain the failure to utilize 665 million Shillings allocated for the recruitment of staff. The hospital only spent 8.9 billion Shillings out of a total budget of 8.23 billion Shillings allocated during the financial year 2018/2019. But …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Hostel proprietors around Kyambogo University have started calling up students to pick up their property, saying they can no longer keep it. A number of students left their property in the privately owned hostels when government announced the closure of all learning institutions in the …