NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen along the landing sites of Rock and Nyanza in Jinja district are worried about the increasing water pollution which is destroying fish breeding sites in the area. They argue that the uncontrolled levels of pollution have deterred several fish species from multiplying because …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s International Police (Interpol) Director, Assistant Inspector General of Police Moses Balimwoyo, has retired from the police force after more than four decades of service. AIGP Balimwoyo who joined police in 1974 becomes the sixth high-ranking officer in police to retire in two years …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected Karamojong cattle rustlers have killed three people in Orom sub county in Kitgum district. Orom sub county chairperson Quirino Olum says the armed rustlers believed to be seven in number, raided Lapetak village in Loliya parish on Tuesday evening with intentions of stealing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health and the National COVID-19 Taskforce have lifted the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Gulu district. A 14-day lockdown had been imposed on Gulu after a pronouncement by President Yoweri Museveni to maintain restrictions on areas that had evidence of community transmissions …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans will only make contributions to a health insurance scheme if they are guaranteed of getting quality service according to a new survey done by Save for Health, an entity that coordinates the informal community health insurance schemes across the country. Fredrick Makaire, the …

Various people have been saying that UNRA is charging Ugx 5000 to access the highway. However, UNRA says that collection of any fees hasn’t started and this misinformation should be declined until they have officially communicated. An official communication will be made to this effect once the ongoing Tolling preparations …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 38 policemen and women attached to the Crime Intelligence Unit have been transferred. In the transfer messages issued by Assistant Commissioner of Police-ACP Emmanuel Muheirwe, majority of the crime intelligence officers have been posted to upcountry police divisions and stations. Ten of …

Kampala, Uganda | Prossy Nansubuga | Joseph Kabuleta has sworn to beat Museveni in the 2021 elections and become the next president of Uganda. The former sports reporter and bible teacher while addressing the press this morning said that he is running for the office of President not as an opposer …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  State Minister for environment Beatrice Anywar has been tasked to order the removal of private and government tractors from Kiwula Central Forest Reserve in Kayunga district.   The directive made by parliament on Tuesday followed a report by Kayunga Woman MP Idah Nantaba that the tractors …

Kasese Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A Uganda People Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier has been charged and sentenced to 35 years for killing a lay reader of the Anglican Church in Kasese district.  The soldier, Pte. Abraham Lokwap, 23, attached to the 6th Mountain Brigade Battalion in Hima, was implicated for …