NEWS

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has returned to the country from Aga Khan Hospital Nairobi, Kenya where he had gone for treatment. Lukwago left the country on November 24th to seek further treatment at the hospital after he had been diagnosed with acute anaphylaxis, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential Candidate Joseph Kabuleta has called for the lifting of the curfew imposed in the wake of COVID-19 Pandemic ahead of the festive season holiday. According to Kabuleta, curfew is at the center of impoverishing Ugandans as most businesses like restaurants, gyms, saloons and events …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to establish which soldiers and policemen killed people during last month’s protests in greater Kampala, ballistic experts have started picking guns from security officers for examination. Protests that followed the arrest of National Unity Platform –NUP presidential candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked the East African Court of Justice to Compensate the families of people who lost their loved ones during the November 2020 riots across the country. The riots which took place between November 18th and 23rd 2020 started immediately after …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Finance, Planning and Economic Development Minister, Matia Kasaija has sailed through unopposed as the Buyanja West member of parliament in Kibaale District following the withdrawal of his sole opponent, Paul Kyalimpa. Kyalimpa quit the race following his appointment as the Deputy Director-General Uganda Investments Authority, …

Kalungu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The extensive use of herbal concoctions in COVID-19 management in Kalungu district has drawn concern from scientists conducting a Community Survey on the impact of the pandemic.  Teams of scientists from the Medical Research Council of Uganda (MRC-U) from the field station in Kyamulubwa Sub …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified youths have raided the Northern Regional National Unity Platform (NUP) party office in Gulu. The youth who were dressed red attires from head to toe stormed the NUP offices along Timothy Okee road in Pece-Laroo Division on Monday afternoon holding placards denouncing the office …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Three patients with bullets wounds and one who was knocked by a police car  in Kampala as the November 18th riots raged are in urgent need of help and are seeking government rescue. At least four ladies, three of whom were shot with live bullets …

Dokolo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Anyacoto Health Center II, the only government health facility in the newly created Okwongodul Sub County in Dokolo district is operating without functional toilets, URN has learnt. Found in Anyacoto Village, Anyacoto Health Center II serves over 30,000 people.  Information obtained by Uganda Radio Network-URN …

Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Kakiryo, the Busia District Police Commander-DPC has rejected two campaign venues proposed by the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party for the campaign rallies of their presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat later today.   The FDC leaders had proposed that Amuriat holds his campaign rallies at …