NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rukungiri district has got a new district service commission following the expiry of the term of office for the incumbent commission seven months ago. The new members are Cleophas Tiwaitiu as chairperson, Rwandembo Mugisha, Jackson Baryamwihaho and Beatrice Namara. Tiwaitiu replaces Stanley Munabi whose term …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven teachers and one clinical officer in Kyenjojo district are to undergo a mental health examination after presenting with signs of mental illness. This came up in a meeting between Kyenjojo staff and Rwenzori Anti-Corruption Coalition- RAC where the District Education Officer, Gertrude Tibakanya …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two suspected Turkana warriors were killed and another injured during a cattle raid at Lochom in Kaabong West in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The injured also succumbed to the gunshot wounds hours later. Kaabong Resident District Commissioner, John Rex Achilla says the two …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has finally delivered on a pledge he made to the Association of Lira Catholic Women Guild one and a half decades ago. In 2005, President Museveni during a political campaign pledged two pickup trucks, one for the association of the Catholic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) Presidential flag bearer Kizza Besigye has said he will not shy from campaigning for candidates in other political parties, if they support his ‘liberation’ message. In a wide ranging pre-election interview on the NBS Morning Breeze show Monday (video …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fears that had been raised amongst weather experts that excessively heavy rains would pound Uganda in the coming days have subsided. The Uganda National Meteorological Authority-UNMA now says the country will continue receiving normal rainfall over several parts of the country in the next five …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butchers at Kasese main abattoir are up in arms against the filthy conditions surrounding the slaughter house. The angry butchers say that they operate in a filthy place yet they are paying for operation licenses to the area leadership. Vincent Kimera explained that that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zaituni Yahaya Babikola, the National Unity Platform-NUP Sembabule Woman parliamentary candidate has petitioned Electoral Commission protesting her party’s decision to block her withdrawal from the race. She wants the Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama to intervene in the misunderstanding in which she accuses …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy police and military presence in and around Soroti city ahead of the expected launch of the campaign manifesto of the Forum Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat later today. More than 200 security personnel drawn from the army and police are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A prospective Probation Police Constable – SPC recruit collapsed to death in Amuru district on Saturday while participating in a physical fitness exercise. Morris Odoch was participating in the rigorous drills alongside other shortlisted candidates in Amuru town council as a prerequisite for joining the …