Apac, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than Shillings 5 billion is needed to rehabilitate Apac hospital to handle the increasing number of patients visiting the facility. The 100-bed capacity hospital handles 900 inpatients on average each month. The facility attends to patients from Apac and parts of the neighboring Kiryandongo, …
Read More »Parliament business suspended following city explosions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige has suspended today’s plenary following explosions at the IPS building opposite Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and the quarter guard at CPS Kampala this morning. “I have been directed by the Rt. Hon. Deputy Speaker of Parliament to inform you …
Read More »Four suspects escape from police cells in Nakapiripirit
Nakapiripirit, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have launched a manhunt for four suspects following their escape from custody at Namalu police station in Nakapiripirit district. The suspects broke out of the police cells in a uniport at around midnight on Tuesday where they were being held pending their appearance in …
Read More »Mulago overwhelmed by Kampala bomb attack victims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The casualty ward at Mulago Hospital is filled with victims of Tuesday morning blasts. Many people have cuts to their heads, arms and stomachs. Some have broken limbs, while others are bleeding profusely. Ambulances are bringing in the injured majority of who are …
Read More »Kyotera family searching for abducted father ten months after elections
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is ten months after the general elections were conducted in Uganda. But it is far from over to the family of George Kasumba, who continue to wait for his return after abduction on January 19th. Jane Kyomugisha, an elder sister to Kasumba narrates that …
Read More »Maize millers in Lira given three weeks to register their business
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has given Lira maize millers a 3 weeks ultimatum to register their businesses. It follows an operation conducted by the standards body on Thursday and Friday last week, which led to the closure of over 25 maize mills …
Read More »Obongi flood victims seek gov’t support two years after disaster
Obongi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of families in Obongi town council, Obongi district are struggling to recover nearly two years after river Nile burst its banks and submerged property worth millions of Shillings. The most affected were people in Ewaffa, Aliba, Palorinya, and Gimara sub-counties in Obongi town council …
Read More »Prosecution ready to proceed in Ssegirinya’s case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investigations into the charges of inciting violence against Muhamad Ssegirinya, the Kawempe North legislator are complete, Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court heard on Monday. The State Attorney Joan Keko told the court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Doreen Olga Karungi that their inquiries into the …
Read More »Integrated electricity projects seen as solution to boost demand
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s electricity consumption and demand has remained low, with electricity connectivity having dropped to 19% of the households in 2021, from 28% which had been recorded in 2018. This means that the billions of shillings that have been invested in recent years have not yet …
Read More »Has UPDF, police deliberately refused to arrest their own over November killings?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) monitoring centres in Kampala captured 11 army and police officers directly shooting at non-violent civilians during last year’s infamous November 18, riots. At least 54 people were killed during the unrest which started on November 18, running through November 19, …
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