NEWS

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Constitutional Court has rejected a request by Kenneth Adrapi to withdraw an election petition he filed against the former Madi -Okollo County Member of Parliament, Martin Andrew Drito about eight years ago. The five member panel of Constitutional Court Judges declined to grant the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Tension is mounting in Kanungu District following the deletion of the names of four aspirants from the National Resistance Movement-NRM party voter’s register. Those affected are James Kaberuka Ruggi, the Kinkizi West Member of Parliament, Caleb Tumwesimire Kipande, Zepher Mugisha and Kenneth Tumuhamye, all aspirants …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  With the latest funding to the tune of Shs30billion, Makerere University has embarked on a range of studies to assist in the complete easing of the lockdown on businesses, schools and places of worship that was instituted in March to counter the spread of the …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Nile Perch stocks in Lake Victoria have increased by 31 percent, according to Dr. Edward Rukunya, the Director Fisheries Resources in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries- MAAIF. This comes after close to three years since Uganda People’s Defense Force- UPDF commenced operations …

Amuru , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Pagak and Lamogi clan chiefs tasked the Aruu County Member of parliament, Samuel Odonga Otto and his Kilak South counterpart, Gilbert Olanya over the weekend to explain the alleged sale of Amuru Hot Springs. In April this year, Odonga Otto entered an agreement with …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  River Unyama has burst its banks flooding Elegu Township in Attiak Sub County in Amuru district. Patrick Louis Lamot, a health worker in Elegu Township, says the floods started on Sunday evening and had submerged the entire Eastern side of the Town Council and parts …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A number of Boda boda riders are struggling to implement the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs.  Boda bodas resumed their operations this morning following the relaxation of the nationwide lockdown announced in March to contain the spread of the Covid19. Last week, President, Yoweri Museveni allowed Boda …

 Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Education and Sports has advised parents with first-year students undertaking different educational programmes on bilateral scholarships in Algeria to ensure that they keep on facilitating their children as government has still failed to send them funds.    Records indicate that the Algerian …

Fort Portal, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The European Union (EU) Ambassadors to Uganda have appealed to government to consider having in place a comprehensive master plan that will ensure the resuscitation of the country’s tourism sector. Tourism together with others sectors in the country have been hit by the Coronavirus …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two traffic officers have this evening survived being killed by an angry mob at Nabbingo along Kampala-Masaka Road. The angry mob attacked the officers accusing them of causing an accident near Horizon campus on the same road. Preliminary information indicates that two unidentified traffic police …