Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Panyadoli refugee police station in Kiryandongo district has received a boost of four motorcycles and double cabin vehicle from the Dutch envoy. The Police Chief Political Commissar, Asan Kasingye received the donation from the Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Henk Jan Bakker on Wednesday morning …
Read More »Serere fish farmers counting losses as water submerges ponds
Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rising water level in Lake Kyoga has taken a huge toll fish farmers in Serere district. More than 30 fishponds built by government through Operation Wealth Creation, Youth Livelihood and other programs have been submerged in Kadungulu, Bugondo, Labor, Pingire and Kateta sub …
Read More »Gen. Gutti bounces back as army General Court Martial chairperson
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lt. General Andrew Gutti has secured a fifth term as chairperson of the Makindye based Army General Court Martial. He was reappointed in a June 24th letter signed by President Yoweri Museveni. Others reappointed to the same court are Major General Joseph Arocha, Col …
Read More »Border districts in Eastern Uganda seek additional Covid-19 funds
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Border districts in Eastern Uganda are seeking additional funding to boost COVID-19 response plans. The districts include Tororo, Busia, Bukwo and Namisindwa. In April, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development released 165 million shillings to districts to intensify the campaign against the …
Read More »Pollution of breeding sites worries fishermen in Jinja
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen along the landing sites of Rock and Nyanza in Jinja district are worried about the increasing water pollution which is destroying fish breeding sites in the area. They argue that the uncontrolled levels of pollution have deterred several fish species from multiplying because …
Read More »Uganda’s Interpol director AIGP Balimwoyo retires
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s International Police (Interpol) Director, Assistant Inspector General of Police Moses Balimwoyo, has retired from the police force after more than four decades of service. AIGP Balimwoyo who joined police in 1974 becomes the sixth high-ranking officer in police to retire in two years …
Read More »Suspected Karamojong cattle rustlers kill three people in Kitgum
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected Karamojong cattle rustlers have killed three people in Orom sub county in Kitgum district. Orom sub county chairperson Quirino Olum says the armed rustlers believed to be seven in number, raided Lapetak village in Loliya parish on Tuesday evening with intentions of stealing …
Read More »Health Ministry lifts lockdown in Gulu district
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health and the National COVID-19 Taskforce have lifted the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Gulu district. A 14-day lockdown had been imposed on Gulu after a pronouncement by President Yoweri Museveni to maintain restrictions on areas that had evidence of community transmissions …
Read More »Ugandans need quality guarantee to pay for health insurance scheme– Survey
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans will only make contributions to a health insurance scheme if they are guaranteed of getting quality service according to a new survey done by Save for Health, an entity that coordinates the informal community health insurance schemes across the country. Fredrick Makaire, the …
Read More »Disregard rumor about collection of toll fees at Kampala-Entebbe Express Way – UNRA
Various people have been saying that UNRA is charging Ugx 5000 to access the highway. However, UNRA says that collection of any fees hasn’t started and this misinformation should be declined until they have officially communicated. An official communication will be made to this effect once the ongoing Tolling preparations …
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