Saturday , October 11 2025
Home / NEWS (page 2416)

NEWS

Comment, Last Word, Uganda Talks and Today’s News

Unfulfilled pledges haunt incumbents in Bududa district

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Candidates in Bududa district are riding on the unfulfilled pledges by the incumbent leaders to garner support from the electorate. The candidates who include Isaac Modoi and Esther Wetsetse, vying for the Lutseshe County and Bududa Woman MP seat respectively have taken advantage of the …

Read More »

Kyagulanyi promises cocoa processing factories in Bundibugyo

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi has pledged to establish cocoa processing factories in Bundibugyo district. According to statistics from the district commercial office, more than 85% of the population in Bundibugyo is directly dependent on cocoa. The crop also fetches …

Read More »

UGANDA: 31 MPs not returning to parliament

➡ FULL LIST of MPs not returning to parliament ✳ Robert Kyagulanyi ✳ Evelyn Anite ✳ Henry Okello Oryem ✳ Adolf Mwesigye ✳ Raphael Magyezi ✳ Mary Karoro Okurut ✳ Sam Kutesa ✳ Winnie Kiiza ✳ Abraham Byandala ✳ John Byabagambi ✳ Judith Babirye ✳ Wamanga Wamai ✳ Nabila Naggayi …

Read More »

‘Nabbi Omukazi’ demands Sh730M from ABS TV

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Barely a month after the death of Pastor Augustine Yiga, his former fellow church minister Maggie Kayima famously known as Nabbi Omukazi has come out seeking 730 million Shillings from his ABS TV for using her voice without permission. Through her lawyers Nalukoola, Kakeeto Advocates …

Read More »

Access to health centers in Gulu hindered by poor roads

Gulu , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Amalaac and Te Got Atoo in Acut Omer village Kal Umu Parish, Paicho Sub County in Gulu district are struggling to access health services due to the poor state of the roads. Last month, fast-flowing rainwater washed away a bridge on Amalaac …

Read More »

Africa CDC launches campaign to increase face mask use

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched a week-long campaign for popularizing the use of face masks. Dubbed AfricaMaskWeek, the campaign in which different media platforms will be used to showcase how proper face mask use ought to be worn …

Read More »

Garbage chocks Gulu city, alarms national physical planners

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Officials at Gulu City have been faulted over poor garbage management, which is compromising public health barely five months after attaining a city status. A joint team of officials from the National Physical Planning Board (NPPB) and Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development also  …

Read More »