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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwenzururu loyalists in Bunyangabu district want the government to screen and release the jailed royal guards as a key step in the peace process. 203 Rwenzururu royal guards are being detained at Kirinya Government Prison following the November 2016 clashes between a joint security …

Mega study confirms sleeping on the side reduces risk of stillbirth | Lesley McCowan & Robin Cronin | A New Zealand-led international study published today provides the strongest evidence yet that women can more than halve their risk of stillbirth by going to sleep on either side during the last …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has explained the repeated changes in the oil production date. Robert Kasekende, the Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary, says the delays have been occasioned by a careful process that is intended to see Ugandans and government benefit fully from the oil resource. He told …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has threatened to boycott the second Inter-party for Dialogue (IPOD) summit slated for May 15th, 2019. The FDC President, Patrick Oboi Amuriat, says the boycott will be in protest of continued harassment of senior party members by police and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has returned to the country after spending three weeks at Aga Khan Hospital in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Information from the Speaker’s office indicates that Kadaga returned to the country on Saturday. Her Principal Press Secretary, Sam Obbo confirmed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police expects to have a database of all guns in the country by the end of July, this year. The databank will be generated from the ongoing registration of guns in government security agencies, private companies and individuals. The exercise which has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One thousand nine hundred and forty (1940) out of the proposed 3233 closed circuit television-CCTV cameras have been installed in Kampala and Wakiso under the National CCTV Project, the Deputy Police Spokesperson, Polly Namaye has revealed. According to Namaye, the cameras are connected to a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security team has started registration of all guns in the country and has so far registered all arms in the hands of the Police Force, Prisons, private security and those privately licensed within Kampala metropolitan area. Following a spate of killings last year, President …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has advised farmers in Teso Sub-region that growing citrus fruits is the best way to improve their household income and transform their livelihood. The President said that the production of citrus fruits in Teso sub-region alongside fish farming and poultry keeping can …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Finance -General Duties, Dr Gabriel Ajedra Aridru has said that government is facing challenges to regulate the betting sector. Ajedra was on Friday appearing before parliament’s Finance Committee together with the Edgar Agaba, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of …