Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of the Zimbabwean Parliament Jacob Francis Nzwidamililo Mudenda has appealed to Uganda for support in the coming Pan African Parliament (PAP) Presidency election. The continental assembly is currently headed by Zimbabwe’s Chief Fortune Charumbira as acting President, after elections for a substantive President …
Read More »Umeme launches countrywide sensitization against power theft
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Umeme has today launched a countrywide sensitization drive about dangers of illegal connections. Speaking during the launch of the campaign at Umeme Mbale regional offices, Peter Kaujju, the Umeme public relations officer said that this exercise is going to reduce illegal power connections in the …
Read More »MPs summon energy drink producers to explain safety and efficacy of their products
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Trade Committee of Parliament has summoned ten producers of energy drinks to explain misleading advertisements about the capacity of their products to arouse sexual enhancement. The committee led by Mwine Mpaka was today interacting with officials from the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) …
Read More »Kisoro registers influx of DRC refugees fleeing fighting between army and rebel group
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of DRC nationals are crossing into Uganda through the Bunagana border in Kisoro district following renewed fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and a yet to be known rebel group in North Kivu province. The Uganda Red Cross says …
Read More »CMI, police release 14 terror suspects
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 14 out of 50 people arrested in connection to the bomb explosions in Kampala and Mpigi district have been released following the failure by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence-CMI, and police to find evidence linking them to the blasts that claimed the lives …
Read More »Families marrying off children for food as acute hunger reaches new peak – Report
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Growing levels of hunger are forcing families to eat locusts, wild leaves, or cactus to survive while millions of others are forced to sell or marry off their children or even sell assets to get food. According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the …
Read More »Machete wielding assailants hack one to death in Kiryandongo
Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown machete-wielding thugs have hacked one person to death in Katulikire trading center, Katulikire parish, Kicwabugingo sub county in Kiryandongo district. The thugs raided a video hall belonging to Godfrey Otingcwinyu at around 8:30pm on Sunday night and started assaulting people watching a premier league …
Read More »NUP denies plans of holding nationwide demonstrations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP, the biggest opposition political party has denied having any plans to hold national wide demonstrations. Speaking to the media today in Kampala, Joel Ssenyonyi, the spokesperson of NUP said if they had any such plans they would have announced them publicly …
Read More »Presidential directives generate mixed reactions among interim market leaders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City market leaders in Kampala have expressed mixed reactions to the new directives by the president on markets. While meeting some market leaders, Kampala Capital City Authority officials and those from the Ministry of Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs on Tuesday last week, President Yoweri Museveni …
Read More »Kabale NTC students strike over school practice money
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students of National Teachers College -NTC Kabale have gone on strike over money they paid meant to facilitate school practice, but the administration diverted to pay utility bills and maintain the compound. The students argue that in November 2019, each paid shillings 120,000 for facilitating …
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