NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The government will spend an additional 11. 3 billion shillings to operationalize Mbale and Masaka as regional cities during the financial year 2020-2021. This will be in addition to the initial budget of 130 billion shillings that was set aside for the operations of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine, the leader of the People Power movement has launched a student’s wing dubbed “students’ power movement. According to Kyagulanyi, “students’ power movement will be the epicenter of ‘shaking up the nation’ to cause the long-awaited liberation. More …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | High Court has dismissed with costs an interim application seeking to block the government and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) from implementing and enforcing the Digital Tracking Systems (Tax Stamps). Justice Musa Ssekaana of Civil Division of High Court on Tuesday dismissed the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has advised against presenting findings by the committee tasked to establish the historical boundaries of Tororo and West Budama, saying it will escalate tensions. There is raging dispute by some, of the boundary of Tororo and West Budama, pitting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The hope of recovering the four abducted Ugandan fishermen is fading four days after they were abducted. The fishermen only identified as Okello, Jawia, Onen and Osaga from Kijangi landing site in Tonya parish Buseruka sub county, were allegedly abducted on Thursday night from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Three months ago, 15-year-old Lin Nakayenze (not real name), a senior two student was curious about sex and went searching for answers on the internet. She says her one question- ‘What is sex?’ raised more questions than answers provided. “At school and at home …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | More than eighty villages in Kitgum district are lacking access to safe and clean water sources. Presenting a report on the performance of the water sector, the District Water Officer Willy Picho says that despite the district having a safe water coverage of 100 …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Security measures for staff helping to fight health emergencies need to be stepped up urgently, a World Health Organisation Official has said, after a frontline Ebola epidemic community worker was reportedly stabbed to death at his home in northeast Democratic Republic of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Twelve pupils were picked up on Monday from Bugolosese Primary School in Buikwe district for alleged impersonation in the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. The twelve suspects were reportedly sitting the mathematics examination for some candidates. Jennifer Kalulu Musamba, the Public Relations Officer Uganda National Examination …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The State on Monday snubbed the hearing of a case in which six Democratic Party leaders are accused of holding an illegal assembly. In May, police arrested six DP leaders including the Entebbe deputy mayor Richard Ssekyondo and the party publicity secretary in Entebbe …