(CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) ✳ Officials fight at national tally centre ✳ Security whisks away IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati ✳ Odinga’s Azimio la Umoja refuse to sign form 34C ✳ Odinga refuses to come for results declaration Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Chaos broke out at the …
Read More »Arua gas stations lose sales to roadside fuel dealers
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fuel stations in Arua are crying foul over the increasing number of fuel vendors on the streets of the city, something they say is affecting their sales. They argue that their businesses are on the verge of collapse due to the rise in the number …
Read More »Video hall operator electrocuted in Katakwi
Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 34 year old businessman in Katakwi district died on Sunday night after being electrocuted in Ocorimongin trading centre. The deceased identified as Simon Peter Angeet was showing movies and the English Premier games in his video hall when a power blackout occurred. Simon Atubi, …
Read More »Kasana-Luwero Diocese invests in cocoa farming to fight climate change, unemployment
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The adverse effects of climate change partially triggered by the uncontrolled cutting down of trees for charcoal production for a living in the greater Luwero region, has prompted the Catholic diocese of Kasana-Luwero to invest in cocoa farming. The diocese through Caritas Kasanaensis, which is …
Read More »‘Demarcate fishing zones to safeguard breeding areas’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, has called for setting up of beacons on Lake Victoria that demarcate no-fishing zones. According to Nankabirwa who is a former Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Bulago Island covers a lacustrine area where …
Read More »Minister supports modern technologies for grassroot farmers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero has stressed the need for the extension of newly developed modern agricultural technologies to small holder farmers allover the country, which she says will spearhead efforts of improving the quality of their yields in the …
Read More »Luwero registers decline in maternal mortality rates
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of women dying while giving birth in health centers has noticeably declined in Luwero district, a health report has revealed. According to Luwero District Health Department Performance report, nine women died while giving birth in health centers in the financial year 2021/22. This …
Read More »Parliament calls for Kasese reconciliation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An inquiry into human rights violations in Kasese district has exposed violation of fundamental rights of the people in the district, since the raid on the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu kingdom in 2016. A report by Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights in Uganda revealed that a …
Read More »Tooro Kingdom seeks UGX 1.2Bn for King Oyo’s 27th coronation anniversary
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tooro Kingdom is seeking 1.2 Billion Shillings for the king’s 27th coronation anniversary to be held on 12th September this year. According to the Minister for Culture and Clan Mobilization who is also the chairman of the organizing committee of the 27th coronation anniversary, …
Read More »Bamasaaba launch first Imbalu since Covid
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of people Saturday thronged Mutoto Cultural Ground in Industrial City Division of Mbale City for the official launch of the Imbalu (circumcision) ceremony in Bugisu sub-region. The cultural circumcision rites are held every even year and Saturday’s ceremony is the first since Uganda …
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