NEWS

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The police have released 114 taxis that were impounded on Thursday for ferrying passengers without route charts. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson, said they resolved to release the vehicles after the owners agreed to register.  “We have impounded 114 taxis and 1 coaster. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament have expressed mixed views on the State of the Nation Address.  Some MPs said that the President did not offer a clear strategy on how to save the economy from the effects of covid-19 while others say he gave hope to Ugandans.  …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Local Government Minister, Raphael Magyezi has blasted Nansana Municipality leadership for failure to pass the 2020/2021 budget. The Municipality in Wakiso District  has over the past two months failed to pass the over twenty three billion shillings budget due to wrangles between the Executive and …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Jinja Taxi Drivers and Operator’s Association -JITOA has asked President Museveni to adjust the curfew time. The diver’s body says the commencement of curfew times as announced by the President  limits them to one route or less per day.  The Association says if the curfew …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked President Yoweri Museveni to ensure payment of Ugandan traders who supplied goods and services to the government of South Sudan. Kadaga told President Museveni that despite an agreed payment of US Dollars 41.6 million by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 60 taxis were impounded in Kampala on Thursday over lack of route charts. The drivers were found loading passengers at gazetted and non-gazetted parks yet they had not registered with Kampala Capital City Authority –KCCA and the Ministry of Works to secure …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called upon African scientists to learn how to take care of themselves by making drugs that benefit them. He says Europeans have neglected diseases affecting Africans because such diseases like malaria are no longer prevalent in their countries. In …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district local government is yet to receive the 165 million Shillings COVID-19 funding money allocated to each district by the Ministry of Finance. The ministry released the money to districts in April to intensify the campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding was …

Kasese, Uganda | Julius Businge | On June 02, Absa Bank Uganda made a donation worth Shs 30 million towards the purchase of essential medical equipment and supplies for Kilembe Mines Hospital, a private not for profit health facility whose infrastructure was damaged and swept away by recent heavy flooding. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Large swarms of desert locusts are expected to invade Uganda from Kenya between June and July coinciding with the start of the harvest season in the region. swarms of ravenous locusts invaded several districts in Eastern and Northern Uganda at the beginning of this …