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Kayunga, Uganda | Xinhua | In many homesteads in central Uganda, jackfruit trees are common in gardens. When the day’s meal is late, children, especially in rural areas, resort to eating the ripe fruit as they wait. Sometimes, extra jackfruits are given to animals as feed. With changing times, farmers have …

President says tourists don’t have to cancel their visits to Uganda as the Ebola outbreak is localized to only 6 out of the country’s 146 districts Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has banned trucks carrying timber logs from entering or leaving Mubende and Kassanda districts the epiceter …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two female students of Soroti Secondary School are in trouble for the alleged theft of Shillings 5 million from their relative. The duo, whose names have been withheld since they are minors, were dragged to the office of the Soroti Senior Probation Officer, Amos Oluka …

In his article, Oboth was insensitive to the feelings of our other ethnic groups such as the Banyole, Bagwere, Basamia, Iteso and Bagisu who consider Tororo equally their ancestral town. COMMENT | Alfred Geresom Musamali | In his article entitled “Tororo must start thinking big,” published in The Independent Magazine website recently, Jackson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has started the repossession of Kiseka market land amidst protests from vendors who leased it 11 years ago. Around 7:30am on Tuesday, a joint security team comprising heavily armed police and UPDF backed by plain-clothed men carrying sticks stormed Kiseka market …

Alebtong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Adwir sub county in Alebtong district are living in fear due to presence of stray lions in their area. On Sunday, locals discovered a carcass of a cow and footmarks of what appears to be a lion and a cub. The lions are …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera officially opened the hearing of 47 criminal cases by the Court of Appeal in Mbale. The hearing will last three days, having begun on Monday at Mbale High Court. The sessions will be presided over by Justices Hellen Obura, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Episcopal Conference says that if the government is serious about salvaging the education system, there is a need to either stop or heavily regulate the ongoing commercialization of education. The assembly of Catholic bishops, made this observation through its education commission which was …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslims in Kiboko municipality allied to the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC, have appealed to the Mufti of Uganda, His Eminence Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje to intervene in the protracted dispute over Kawthar mosque. The Muslims made the plea during a regional meeting for district Khadis, …

Ugandan athlete Kimuli  survives death but country mate at the wheel Kikuba, was not that lucky Ohio State, US | THE INDEPENDENT | A former Ugandan athlete Musa Kimuli is nursing severe head injuries in a US hospital following a fatal road accident in which a fellow Ugandan died on …