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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 former Lord’s Resistance Army -LRA abductees in Lango sub-region are demanding for compensation from the government. The group under their umbrella, Lango Former LRA Captives and Returnees Association notes that most of them are in dire need for help, yet government …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Music promoters and event organisers in greater Masaka sub region are up in arms against police for charging them exorbitant fees for security services at their events. The matter came to the fore during an assessment meeting for entertainment and event organizers at Maria …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joseph Bossa, the former Uganda People’s Congress-UPC party vice President is dead. A message by the Judiciary Spokesperson, Solomon Muyita indicates that Bossa, who is also the husband to the International Criminal Court- ICC Judge, Salome Balungi Bossa breathed his last in The Hague, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Water and Environment is investigating National Environment Management Authority-NEMA for issuing an operation license in Katonga wetland. The ministry’s move follows uproar from environmentalists, leaders and residents in Mpigi District who accuse NEMA for allocating Katonga wetland near River Katonga along …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of children suffering from eye diseases is on the rise, according to opticians from the National Referral Hospital-Mulago, Mengo, Rubaga and Dr Agarwal Eye Hospital. The children are increasingly suffering from congenital cataracts, glaucoma, injuries to the eye, ulcers, retinopathy of prematurity, …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is a bitter row between Masaka Regional Referral Hospital authorities and the vice president over ownership of a building on Plot 2 Bainnes Terrace, Kizungu in Katwe /Butego division in Masaka municipality. A source at the Hospital told URN on condition of anonymity that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has called upon all medical interns to report to the stations where they were posted instead of making excessive demands. The call follows a series of complaints by medical interns under the Federation for Medical Interns, criticizing a move by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The need for a joint opposition candidate dominated the DP block retreat that ended yesterday in Kalangala District. The Block is an alliance comprising the Democratic Party, People’s Development Party-PDP and the Social Democratic Party. The group which has been in a retreat at …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Infighting between different civil servants and heads of departments in Kalangala District is affecting the level of services delivery in the Island district, a report by Information and Research Center in Kalangala reveals. Early this year, the Information and Research Centre of Kalangala District conducted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence –CMI and Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force –JATT have arrested three prime suspects in the murder of President Yoweri Museveni’s nephew, Joshua Nteireho Rushegera and his female friend, Mellina Tumukunde on the Entebbe Expressway. The duo was gunned down around …