Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cattle farmers in the Bunyoro sub region have raised concern about the surge in livestock thefts in the region. The most affected districts are Hoima, Buliisa, Kikuube, Masindi and Kiryandongo. Statistics from the Albertine region police headquarters indicate that over 100 cases of cattle thefts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial chair Lt. General Andrew Gutti has written to the Chief of Defense Forces-CDF inquiring about President Yoweri Museveni’s promise to have the charges against the former police chief, Gen. Edward Kale Kayihura dropped. Gutti was prompted to write to Gen. David …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected thug was shot for stabbing a police officer while responding to a crime incident. According to information from the police, police constable Simon Sembale rushed to Arua park in downtown Kampala at around 5:00 am this morning where a suspected thug had been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kalangala has remanded 32 suspects who were allegedly arrested for using illegal fishing gears and chemicals on Lake Victoria to kill fish. The suspects were arrested on Friday by the Fish Protection Unit-FPU from Nkose landing site in Mazinga sub …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Teso Paramount Chief, Augustine Osuban Emorimor has asked the newly elected leaders across the Teso region to unite and serve the people. In a statement through the Prime Minister, Iteso Cultural Union, Augustine Omare, Emorimor said that the Teso region has many issues that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale police are holding one of their own accused of shooting to death a suspected thief. Francis Kissa who is attached to Mbale central police station is locked up for shooting 48-year-old Sowedi Wambi at Namakwekwe ward in Northern city division in Mbale city over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions, Jane Frances Abodo has dropped all the corruption charges against the Equal Opportunities Commission chairperson, Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi. She communicated the decision in a January 18th, 2021 letter to the High Court Judge Margaret Tibulya. The letter was tendered in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Economic boom and population increase have often been the biggest contributor to air pollution due to heavy consumption of fossil fuel by vehicles, industries and households. However, a new study on air quality across some parts of sub-Saharan Africa seems to suggest the opposite as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabarole youth centre is struggling to operate effectively due to lack of funds. The centre which President Yoweri Museveni commissioned in 2015 was constructed under the Luweero-Rwenzori Development Programme at 300 Million shillings. The programme was an intervention by the government to improve the livelihoods …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda continues battling community infections, some individuals have resorted to paying hospital and mortuary staff for negative coronavirus reports for their loved ones who have succumbed to the pandemic. This comes almost three months after the Health Ministry stopped conducting burials for COVID-19 victims …