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Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | “An earthworm eats itself, and in Kasese, NRM eats itself,” says Gadi Mbahayi, the former Kasese District Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Registrar. He is also the immediate former Prime Minister of Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu, which has been viewed as vital in swaying voters towards …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Education and Sports Ministry is discussing possible alternatives of ensuring that learners achieve the desired learning outcomes pending the government’s decision in January next year on whether or not to reopen studies for non-candidate classes. The learners were in the middle of the first …

    Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |The National Unity Platform Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu has responded in writing to the electoral commission denying accusations of flouting COVID-19 campaign guidelines. The EC chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama wrote to Kyagulanyi on the 10th of December 2020 summoning him to the …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors at the Gulu main market are concerned by the relaxed observation of the standard operating procedures for curbing the spread of COVID-19 disease. When our reporter visited the market, there were no temperature guns at the three entrances to the market, very few people …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Entebbe Municipality National Resistance Movement-NRM parliamentary candidate, Stephen Shyaka Gashaija is under pressure from voters to fulfil his pledge to buy an ambulance for the municipality.    The voters led by Hassan Kikomeko, Entebbe Branch NRM Youth chairperson have taken to social media platforms …

Rukungiri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Many campaign posters of opposition and independent candidates in Rukungiri Municipality have been defaced and replaced with those of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party’s president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s campaigns there today. Museveni is scheduled to hold a scientific campaign rally at Rukungiri municipal …

Karamoja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the office of the Prime minister has distributed 23,655, livestock to families in Karamoja under community empowerment  program since its inception in 2014. Mr. Francis Okori the commissioner for Karamoja development said the animals were  distributed since the program was rolled out by the first lady …

Rukungiri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of National Resistance Movement-NRM party supporters have poured in the streets of Rukungiri town ahead of presidential candidate, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s campaign meeting. The NRM supporters are riding around on motorcycles fully dressed in the yellow party t-shirts and carrying flags. The former …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF has commenced investigations into extreme extortion of Ugandan fishermen by members security forces on Lake Albert.    Since March this year when government suspended fishing on lake Albert as a means of combating the spread of COVID-19, fishermen operating on lake …

Napak, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Like many communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, the population of  Karamoja region, located in northeastern Uganda, is highly dependent on subsistence agriculture for food security and livelihoods. This makes them extremely vulnerable to climate change. The region receives little amount of rainfall with long period of drought from September …