NEWS

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Funding of 17 new youth groups under the youth livelihood program in Gulu City has been halted after the authorities failed to recover funds disbursed to 58 different groups six years ago.  Santo Otto Anywar, the Gulu City Welfare Officer and the Focal Point …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leaders of Karamoja and Turkana county of Kenya have agreed to establish a cross-border cattle market across the border in Moroto district in Uganda. This, they say, will be a market to unite all the region’s pastoralists who have been conflicting across the border.  …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is growing evidence that wild animals do not get the conditions to live a full life, even in well-demarcated breeding sites and in countries that have enabling laws for wildlife trade.   According to conservationists, several snake farms in West, East and South Africa are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There was panic and confusion at Kampala Capital City Authority –KCCA headquarters this morning resulting from impromptu fire drills by officers from the Police-Fire and Rescue Services Directorate.  Fire trucks surrounded KCCA headquarters blurring sirens triggering panic among workers and several people who had to …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Kitgum Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Akullo Ogwal has adjourned a scheduling conference in a land case between rivalling clans in Namokora Town Council, Kitgum District after hundreds of defendants in the case thronged the court premises.  The court had scheduled Wednesday to understand the issues …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amazing Grace Nursery and Primary School in Nakaseke District has failed to re-open citing a lack of funds to meet COVID 19 Standard Operating Procedures and operational costs.  On Monday, schools reopened in a staggered manner for non-candidate classes beginning with semi-candidates in P.6, S.3 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah declined to proceed with today’s Parliament sitting, even though this was the first time in over a year that he was chairing the house. He said he could not continue with Parliamentary business when his superior is mourning. Through his official …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Education and Sports has cautioned public and private schools against forcing learners to join the boarding sections.  Dr Kedrace Turyagyenda, the Director of Education Standards, says they have noted that some schools which were formally registered as a day or day and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Four journalists have sued Lt. Col Napoleon Namanya, the Director of operations in the Military Police and the Attorney General for their recent attack while covering the former National Unity Platform-NUP Presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. They are John Cliff Wamala and Geoffrey Twesigye, both …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Traffic Police in Gulu has intensified enforcement of standard operating procedures on public transport. After public transport resumed last year, transporters have been loading passengers to full capacity and charged them double despite public outcry. The vice is being perpetrated even at this period …