NEWS

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Although the terrain of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining-ASM in Uganda is promising with several developments and most remarkably the policy shift, several actors including miners and civil society organizations paint a faint picture for the future. A smile has returned on the face of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Embracing cultural values across the East Africa member states will boost security the region’s security, Lt. Gen. Wilson Mbadi, the Deputy Chief of Defense Forces has observed. According to Mbadi, once respective member states appreciates each other’s cultural values, they can easily work together to …

Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A fire has gutted Nebbi Police barracks, leaving a number of officers and their families stranded and several household properties destroyed. The fire which started at around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday also burnt government stores including boots and uniforms. Nebbi District Police Commander Bernard Mugerwa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Youths in Ntungamo district are up in arms against the Resident District Commissioner, George Bakunda for allegedly siding with Rodgers Aijuka, the Executive Director of Free and Rich Uganda who they accuse of unfair treatment. Free and Rich Uganda is local organization, which operates in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maimuna Ssentamu was ecstatic when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child in 1994. The surprise child had been planned for over a period of time, and the pregnancy was believed to be the new source of joy, love and pride in …

    Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Drama ensued as Police dispersed a meeting of the Parents and Teachers Association– PTA  of Saint Kizito Orphanage Primary School in Arua District on Saturday. The General Meeting was convened to prepare for first term opening. The meeting, called by Rev. Fr. …

  Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom at the weekend resumed power outages, citing a “vulnerable” generating system, just weeks after implementing the severest rationing in recent times. The debt-laden company which generates around 95 percent of the country’s electricity, on Sunday said the cuts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, the producers of LATO Milk and the initiators of the LATO Help initiative last month brought together its beneficiaries and their parents at a Christmas party held at Lohana Academy in Kampala. The “Lato Help initiative” is  under the company’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has opened the UNBS national food safety laboratory building whose construction started in 2010 when the body acquired land to build its headquarters in Bweyogerere Industrial Park. Ben Manyindo, the UNBS executive director said on Dec.12. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda has awarded scholarships to 10 students, six of whom are female and four are male.This is to enable them pursue the Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (CPA-U) qualification. The beneficiaries are fresh university graduates drawn from …