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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Norbert Mao the DP President General has said those accusing him of misguiding the party are on a smear campaign to tarnish his name ahead of the party’s delegates’ conference next month. Speaking to URN, Mao said despite of the ‘noise,’ they are not going …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Karamoja would have suffered unprecedented crop losses if the desert locust’s invasion happened during the rainy season when the gardens were flourishing, officials have said. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation-FAO, desert locusts are potentially the most dangerous of the locust pests because …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kyaka South Member of Parliament Jackson Kafuuzi Karugaba has taken oath as the new Deputy Attorney General after a month of waiting. Kafuuzi who was appointed in a cabinet reshuffle in December had his work experience queried by the Parliaments appointments committee chaired by …

    Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Nigerian singer, real name Paul Okoye, famously known by his stage name “Rude boy” is in Kampala to perform on Valentine’s Day celebrations this Friday, Feb.14. The popular singer has been brought to Uganda by Comedy Store Director, Alex Muhangi. Speaking to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 600 acres of sugarcane plantations belonging to Kakira Sugar factory have been set ablaze. They were allegedly burnt on Wednesday by residents of Nailo village in Kakira town council, who were protesting the death of their colleague. The deceased, Batista Atayo, was on Sunday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 28 Isimba dam workers have been blocked from returning to Uganda from China over the coronavirus, a disease which has currently claimed over 1,000 lives. Xia Nenghai, the Project Manager of China Water and Electrical Company Ltd working on the Isimba …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is losing billions of Shillings due to the underutilisation of National Backbone Infrastructure-NBI and the e-Government Infrastructure-EGI portals. In the 2006/2007 financial year, Government through the National Information and Technology Authority-NITA-U secured funds to put-up a National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure to provide …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The high cost of Epilepsy medication is hindering patients from accessing proper medication to keep seizures under control. Sarah Nekesa, the Executive Director Epilepsy Support Association Uganda (ESAU) notes that while Epilepsy drugs are included on the government’s essential medicine’s list, which means they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public Health and environmental experts have said that the use of chemicals should be done with caution to avoid associated dangers in efforts to contain locusts’ invasion in Uganda. Dr Richard K. Mugambe, a lecturer in the Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Presidential candidate Maj Gen Benon Biraaro is dead.  He breathed his last at Kampala Hospital this afternoon. General Biraaro graduated from Makerere University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and later joined the National Resistance Army-NRA Bush War. He …