NEWS

*⃣ Total Population in 2014 was 34.6 milion *⃣ Females 51% of population *⃣ Children below 18 years 55% *⃣ Fertility rate was 5.8 children per woman. *⃣ Infant mortality 53 deaths per 1000 live births *⃣ Literacy rate 72%] *⃣ 12.5% of primary school children not going to school …

  Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wildlife conservationists are concerned by the continued use of naked electricity transmission lines, arguing that they are yet another hindrance to the protection of the Crested Cranes, The birds are on Uganda’s national emblem. Godfrey Mutemba, the Lwengo district Senior Natural Resources Officer …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Housing Persis Namuganza has been summoned before the rules committee of Parliament over demeaning sentiments she made against the Parliament of Uganda. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa directed the committee to investigate Namuganza for allegedly questioning the integrity of …

SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan journalist has shared his memories of meeting the now departed Queen Elizabeth II. Julius Mucunguzi, who for 10 years worked at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, however, says he flouted one of the rules of etiquette while at it. Mucunguzi, who is …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government is preparing to repatriate more than 500 Ugandan migrant workers stranded in the Arabian Peninsula countries of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Oman among others. Betty Among Akena, the Minister of Labour says the government is in advanced stages to repatriate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army and police have opened inquiries into assassination threats directed at the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among. Last week, Anita Among, told parliament that she had received a report indicating that her vehicle was being trailed by suspected assassins, who want her dead. “I have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The presidential motorcade has today knocked and injured three people on a Bodaboda along the Northern Bypass. Senior Superintendent of Police –SSP Rogers Nsereko Kawuma, the Kampala Metropolitan traffic police commander said the convoy knocked the bodaboda rider and his passengers at around 11am …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The LC1 chairperson of Lokodiokodio village in Ngoloriet sub-county Napak district is on the run after the stolen goats were found hidden inside his house. Over 57 goats were raided on Wednesday night in Nabokat village, Nadunget sub-county in Moroto district. The footmarks led …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kachonga Primary School, one of the traditional schools in Bukedea district, is struggling to operate amidst infrastructural challenges. The school founded before independence, operates in dilapidated and condemned structures unfit for learning. Found in Malera Sub County and with an enrolment of 746 pupils, Kachonga primary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has dismissed charges of inciting violence against Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya. The charges for which Ssegirinya was arrested on March 22, 2021, were dismissed on the basis that there was no sufficient evidence that would warrant …