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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kabale Municipality are protesting the unreliable electricity supply in the area. They argue that for the last two months, they have been experiencing power outages everyday.  Consumers whose businesses fully depend on electricity are also losing business. Michael Kwehangana, the proprietor of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Cooperatives Fredrick Ngobi Gume, has cautioned doctors against greed which he says is killing cooperative societies in the country. Gume was speaking during a function where a donation of COVID-19 protective gear was handed over to Kampala Medical and Health …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission is currently verifying signatures of supporters of presidential aspirants. According to the Presidential Elections Act, a person becomes a presidential candidate only after among others presenting signatures from 100 registered voters each from among two-thirds of all districts that make up Uganda. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidates are driven by their desire for money but not to promote the party ideology according to the senior presidential advisor Abdul Nadduli. He explains that many National Resistance Army-NRA historicals were pushed to join and fight the five-year liberation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu district Resident Commissioner has launched investigations into the alleged theft of fifteen herds of cattle in Awach sub county. Court bailiffs from JED Courts Bailiffs and Auctioneers Associates are accused of auctioning 30 acres of land to recover 11.1 Million Shillings following a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Jackson Ssenyonga, the head of Christian Life Church in Bwaise has come under fire from some pastors and members of Christian Revival Church Kawaala for his utterances against their deceased Pastor Augustine Yiga alias Abizzaayo. The group has condemned Ssenyonga for attacking the …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A man in Masaka has earned himself 25-years in jail for murdering his grandfather. Masaka High Court Judge, Victoria Nakintu Katamba sentenced 35-year-old Gregory Ssempijja to 25 years in jail after finding him guilty of killing his 80-year-old grandfather, Albert Suli Ssalongo.   According to the …

  Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament are demanding for the release of 568 land titles taken from residents of Masaka district by Uganda Electricity and Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) for mutation. The MPs  under the Natural Resources committee who are on a field visit to establish the …

Kwania , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district local government has received Uganda shillings 492 million to repair community access roads within the district. The money from the Ministry of Works and Transport under the Uganda Road Fund (URF) is for the financial year 2020/21. The poor state of roads …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Kasese District Woman independent MP candidate who lost in the NRM party primaries has rejected calls to withdraw from the race.  Mary Kabugho Kighotha was declared the winner with 40,791 votes against Sarah Ithungu Baleke’s 40,465 votes.  However, Baleke petitioned the party’s electoral commission.  …