NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Army leadership has reportedly started a process of integrating all graduate Local Defense Unit –LDU personnel into Uganda People’s Defense Forces- UPDF. The minimum education qualification during the LDU recruitment drive was Primary Leaving Examination –PLE certificate and the maximum was a Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 22-year-old woman has lost her life at Apac Hospital due to lack of blood for transfusion. Sandra Akello, a resident of Adok village, Alworoceng parish in Ibuje sub county was referred to Apac General Hospital by Reproductive Health Uganda following a forced abortion. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An eight-year-old girl, Dylan Kirabo who went missing on Thursday at Luwafu in Makindye division in Kampala has been found dead. Kirabo disappeared after she was sent to buy some spices from a shop, about 20 meters from her grandmother’s home. Her father, Hakim …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An estimated 400 artisanal and small scale miners in Ntungamo district have protested the escalation of harassment and torture by the mineral protection police. The miners led a procession from Mwerasandhu tin mine that was leased to Zanaack Holdings in Rwamwire and Ruhaama parishes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua municipality has embarked on the Shillings 20 billion World Bank funded road project under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development-USMID. The 2.8 kilometers road stretches from Arua prisons to Arua primary school via River Oli division headquarters. The project was handed to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators in Usafi taxi park are unhappy about the decision of their colleagues to operate on streets. A number of taxis plying the Entebbe route are still operating on the streets and in non-designated places. Taxis are parked at Clock tower alias Kibaati …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 70th graduation ceremony at Makerere University starting Tuesday next week has suffered a setback over the delayed issuance of graduation gowns to more than 13000 graduands. The stalemate been described by the University Secretary ,Yusuf Kiranda as “breach of contract” resulting from the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the bush war veterans concluded their 6-day long trek retracing routes used by National Resistance Army-NRA fighters during their liberation struggle. The six day trek code-named ‘Africa Kwetu’, which covered 195Kms, started from Garamba in Wakiso district last week …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti district local government and Municipality are struggling to raise local revenue for the development of their respective administrative units. Both administrative units have only realised less than half of the local revenue estimates for the 2019/2020 Financial Year. The situation is more worrying …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is high among residents and local leaders in Amuru district following reported cases of the sudden disappearance of children linked to suspected ritual sacrifice. This follows the sudden disappearance of three children in the district. However, one of the minors identified as Levis …