Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Wasswa Balunywa, the former Board Chairman of Uganda Airlines Corporation, says the revived national carrier should focus more on commencing flights to China and not the United Kingdom. He was responding to media reports that the airline has not yet acquired a permit …
Read More »RDC halts exhumation in Katabi over family wrangle
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Resident District Commissioner Entebbe, Jacqueline Kankunda, has halted the relocation of five graves from Katabi Town Council to Kasanje Town Council, Wakiso district. This stems from a request by Harriet Namubiru to exhume and relocate the graves of her father (Alimansi …
Read More »Gen Tumwine burial Tuesday
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The late Gen. Elly Tumwine will be laid to rest on Tuesday. Tumwine died on Thursday in Nairobi. His body was returned to the Country on Friday evening and taken to a funeral home at the Bombo Military Hospital. According to a statement issued …
Read More »Ministry of Internal Affairs arrests foreigners for dealing in petty businesses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control in the Ministry of Internal Affairs has so far arrested more than 100 foreigners accused of engaging in petty businesses. Simon Peter Mundeyi, the spokesperson for Ministry of Internal Affairs said the operations they have conducted in the various …
Read More »FRONASA veterans eulogize Gen. Elly Tumwine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Front for National Salvation (FRONASA) veterans have eulogized the late Gen. Elly Tumwine describing him as one of the most inspirational and motivational commanders. Gen Elly Tumwine, 68, the former Minister of Security, died on Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya. President Museveni in a statement said …
Read More »Investors protest order to demolish structures in Namanve park
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investors in Namanve industrial park have protested an order by the National Environment Management Authority-NEMA to demolish structures established in wetlands. NEMA instructed several investors to raze down structures and restore the destroyed areas of wetlands, an order which, according to the Authority’s deputy spokesperson, Tonny …
Read More »Kasese intesifies Ebola screening at border points
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district has intensified Ebola screening along the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. On Tuesday, the regional office for Africa of the World Health Organization-WHO, said one new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed in Beni Health Zone in the North Kivu Province …
Read More »Heartwater disease kills dozens of cattle in Kitgum
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An outbreak of heartwater disease has left at least 70 cattle dead in Orom East sub county, Kitgum district. According to residents, the disease was first noticed in the area in April. Heartwater is an infectious, noncontagious, tick-borne disease of ruminants. It is regarded as one …
Read More »Hoima councilors want district land board investigated
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima district councilors are demanding investigations into the activities of the district land board. The call follows the escalating cases of land grabbing and the existence of fraudulently acquired land titles in the area. The councilors accuse the members of the board of allegedly conniving with …
Read More »Agago residents protest delayed connection to national grid
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Geregere trading centre in Tenge parish, Agago district are protesting the delayed reconnection of their area to the national power grid by the Pader Abim Community Multipurpose Electric Cooperative Society (PACMECS). The angry residents through the Geregere Community Association have petitioned the Energy Ministry, …
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