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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces have mounted three roadblocks in Mbarara city along the Mbarara-Masaka road. Three of the unusual roadblocks have been mounted at Biharwe, at the weighbridge and Sanga. Earlier, the roadblock was manned by traffic police and URA was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom is mourning the death of Professor Yoramu Barongo, the former kingdom primer minister. Barongo died on Friday at his home in Muyenga Kampala after battling high blood pressure. Barongo served as Bunyoro Kingdom Prime Minister from 1994 to 1999. He was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eighty-three percent of the people who presented themselves for recruitment into the Uganda Police Force as Probationary Police Constables (PPCs) in Oyam district were found to be too old or too under-educated for the police training. Some didn’t even have National Identity Cards and presented …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security and election experts have warned National Unity Platform –NUP presidential flag bearer Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, against rejecting the Electoral Commission security escorts. Like all duly nominated presidential candidates, Kyagulanyi was on Tuesday given police guards but he has since rejected them. According …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Absa Bank Uganda has today donated personal protective equipment to four medical facilities to assist in the protection of frontline medical workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The equipment, valued at Shs 74 million was given to CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda (Mbale), Baylor College of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zaituni Yahaya Babikola, the National Unity Platform-NUP flag bearer for Sembabule Woman Member of Parliament has been blocked from withdrawing from the race. Last month, Babikola wrote to the Electoral Commission and the NUP Secretariat informing them that she was withdrawing from the race on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People who were relocated by the government to pave way for the construction of an oil refinery in the 13 villages of Kabaale Parish in Hoima district are demanding vocational training to enable them to work in the oil and gas industry. More than 7,000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators in Lira city have abandoned the taxi park and opted to operate on the roadside. After public transport was reopened in June, the city authorities banned taxis from operating along the streets. However, some of the taxi drivers in Lira city are not …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament are proposing to cut funding for the construction of a road in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by up to 50 percent as a means to reduce the amount of money borrowed domestically. The Ugandan government announced earlier that it would …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new set of standards for solar equipment has been adopted to protect actors in the solar-sector in Uganda. The standards were adopted from the International Electrotechnical Commission to improve the quality of solar products to have a fair market competition by getting rid of …