Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka police are holding two suspected masterminds of a number of robberies and an attack on a pub in Bukomansimbi district. The suspects were allegedly arrested on intelligence reports from the community members who got suspicious about the duo’s behaviors. Denis Kanakulya, the Officer-In-Charge of …
Read More »Sigh of relief as Bunyoro receives early rains
Bunyoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a sigh of relief among cattle farmers in Bunyoro because of the early rains being experienced in the region. This comes a few weeks after cattle farmers from Hoima and Buliisa districts started relocating their animals to Luweero and Nakasongola districts in search …
Read More »Museveni says Uganda still studying request to open embassy in Jerusalem
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has declined a public request by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Uganda to open an Embassy in the contested city of Jerusalem. Speaking at a press conference at the State House Entebbe on Monday, Netanyahu who has been on …
Read More »Police arrests 18 suspected drug dealers, smokers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 18 people have been arrested in a police swoop against suspected drug dealers and abusers in various parts of Kampala. The Monday morning operation was conducted by crime intelligence teams from Jinja Road Police Division backed by police officers from Kyambogo, Banda and …
Read More »Nkumba University Council overturns Guild impeachment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nkumba University Council has stopped any activities related to the impeachment of the Guild President, Byron Luswata Expedito. The University Secretary, Associate Professor, Francis Kasekende, says the impeachment proceedings spearheaded by the acting Guild Speaker are in total breach of the Guild Constitution. Luswata …
Read More »Police hunt for businessman Ssonko over worker’s death
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Old Kampala have launched a hunt for a businessman, Robert Ssonko after one of his workers died in an underground water well. Ssonko, a resident of Lungujja, Rubaga Division, in Kampala is reportedly on the run to explain how Majid Mubiru died in …
Read More »Nobody eats GDP- African Development Bank president says in call for inclusive growth
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s economies are growing strongly, but growth alone cannot meet the needs of the continent’s poorest citizens, because “nobody eats GDP,” the African Development Bank’s President, Akinwumi Adesina, has said. His statement came as he unveiled the Bank’s flagship economic report, the 2020 African Economic …
Read More »Mak ordered to prove search for Deputy VC in two weeks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A High Court Judge in Kampala has given management of Makerere University only two weeks to prove that they are in the process of selecting a substantive Deputy Vice Chancellor Finance and Administration (DVC-F&A). Justice Musa Sekaana of the Civil Division of High Court made …
Read More »MPs want new UCE curriculum stopped
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want the new Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) curriculum halted over concerns that vital subjects have been made optional, and that wide consultations have not been done. The Ministry of Education through the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC), has revised the …
Read More »Controversy over Sembabule quarantine
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Efforts to eliminate the Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD in Sembabule district could fail due to failure to fully enforce a cattle quarantine. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries imposed a quarantine on the district last year following reported cases of FMD. However, …
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