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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government plans to license and regulate special transport networks that operate through online digital applications. Some of the online transport networks currently operating on the Ugandan market include Safe Boda, bold previously known as Taxify, Uber, Friendship Taxi, Quick Taxi and Mondo Ride. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Okoth Ochola has ordered Assistant Inspector General of Police Godfrey Bangirana to handover the Logistics and Welfare office, following the expiry of his contract. The directive was issued in a letter dated July 19, 2019, copied to Internal Affairs Minister …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bumarakha primary school in Bumarakha parish in Bulucheke Sub-county in Bududa District has remained closed since the 2010 landslides. Government closed the school after landslides hit the district and affected two villages killing 18 people and injured several others. Hundreds of others were displaced …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The EAC Partner States have been urged to engage the communities in the border regions and traders and trade associations in risk and crisis communication measures. The call comes days after the confirmation of a case of Ebola in Goma, the capital of North …

Sydney, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT | Boxers Regarn Simbwa and Nasir Bashir who absconded from the Ugandan camp and stayed behind during the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, have resurfaced and are seeking to become Australian citizens. The boxers are living in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia under a …

President Museveni supports exports to Kenya  Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | On June 11, President Yoweri Museveni held a closed door meeting with the sugarcane farmers in Busoga sub-region at the Jinja state lodge a head of his planned Operation Wealth Creation campaign. Among those who attended the meeting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students and alumni of Makerere University have questioned the motive behind the erection of metal bars across the Freedom Square. The square, which lies in the space between the University’s administrative block –the Main Building, the University Main Library and the School of Social …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities of South Sudan have accused Uganda of harbouring suspected South Sudanese rebels in the refugee settlements camps in Kiryandongo, Adjumani and Lamwo districts. The allegation was fronted during an inter-border symposium between Ugandan leaders and their South Sudan counterparts in Magwi County headquarters, South …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The retired Anglican Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi has advised Ugandan leaders to emulate the legacy of Irene Gleeson, an Australian Missionary who helped thousands of destitute children in Northern Uganda. Gleeson settled in Kitgum District in 1991. While there, Irene supported thousands of needy children …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The executive director of the Uganda Coffee Federation (UCF) George Byamukama has said whipping Ugandans who are growing coffee is tantamount to imperialism. Byamukama was making reference to the ongoing discussion on the National Coffee bill 2018 which is currently being scrutinized by Parliament’s Agriculture …