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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of residents turned up for free medical services at the Kabaka’s Tubeere Balamu health camp in Kyaggwe County, an initiative aimed at improving community health and expanding access to affordable medical care. The two-day event, held from August 12–13 at the Kyaggwe County headquarters …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 100 people have been arrested in the Sebei sub-region for attempting to fraudulently join the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) during the just concluded recruitment exercise. Maj. Isaac Oware, the Public Relations Officer for the UPDF 3rd Infantry Division, says the suspects were arrested …

Mbale, Uganda | Julius Businge | Mbale coffee farmer Patrick Nayumu Akabu has expressed confusion and frustration over the ongoing European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) compliance process. Speaking about farmer registration in some coffee-growing areas, Nayumu noted that unclear communication and limited sensitization are leaving many producers uncertain about the steps …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The campaigns for the position of Vice Chairperson seat for Central Region in the National Resistance Movement Central Executive Committee are heating up ahead of the party’s Delegates Conference. Over 25,000 NRM delegates from the sub-county level, up to the national level, will convene …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, has criticized the Ministry of Health for failing to declare an outbreak of Cholera in Amuru district despite rising deaths and infections. Speaking on Wednesday at the launch of …

Amuria, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Isaac Odongo, a resident of Aduu village, Amuria parish in Aloi sub-county, was woken up on Monday night by the cries of his children. When he got out of bed, Odongo found water in every corner of his house as the children continued crying outside, …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ‎Masaka High Court Judge Fatuma Nanziri Bwanika has set August 22nd as the day for ruling on the bail applications by the bodyguards of the National Unity Platform-NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine. Justice Nanziri set the date on Thursday after listening to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 24-year-old clinical officer who, over the weekend, confessed in church to killing a 45-year-old woman in a lodge has been transferred from Kampala to Kabale for further investigations. Clinton Mwesiime, a clinical officer attached to Hamurwa Health Centre IV in Hamurwa Town Council, Rubanda …

Kasangati, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kasangati have launched a manhunt for unknown assailants who shot and killed a businessman along Nangabo Road in Kasangati Town Council, Wakiso District. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango has identified the deceased as Deo Bwanika, a 51-year-old wholesale shop owner who …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The name I.K. Musaazi is more than a name in Uganda; it is a monument to the struggle for independence. It evokes a legacy that has been etched into the nation’s history. For his grandson, also named I.K. Musaazi, this powerful lineage is not …