Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Lugazi municipality are still hesitant to occupy the newly constructed central market citing high costs. The 15.8 billion Shillings structure, financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) under the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme Project-2 (MATIP-2) was commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict President Yoweri Museveni for perpetuation electoral violence. Kyagulanyi said that President Museveni was violating the rights of Ugandans even as the country heads to elections. He says that the basis for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda People’s Defence Force-UPDF soldier has been arrested for shooting dead a civilian in Zombo district. Private John Tumushabe, 29 years attached to Gamba Army detach in Alangi sub county Zombo district on Thursday allegedly shot Francisco Ongeyowun, 28 years, a resident of Logo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has said that security agencies will continue beating journalists purposely to deter them from going where there is danger. Ochola who was speaking at the Joint election security and preparedness briefing said he was unapologetic that journalists …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has granted bail to Caroline Kembabazi an assistant private secretary to President Yoweri Museveni who is facing charges of giving false information to the Electoral Commission. Kembabazi was on Friday granted a cash bail of one million shillings by the court …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Eastern Equatoria State of South Sudan have tasked their Ugandan counterparts to enforce a strict ban on the sale of crude gin to its citizens across the border. The call comes amidst a boom in trade of the illicit gin by Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people including a contestant for Buwama town council chair in Mpigi district have been kidnapped by unknown people who were travelling in a drone and a super custom vehicle, raising fears among candidates and supporters of the opposition. Among the people whose whereabouts are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Urban refugees living in Kampala have asked security personnel to provide them with security ahead of next week’s elections. The refugees are living in fear about the likely outbreak of violence during and after the elections. There are over 1.4 million refugees in Uganda of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has criticized opposition defections to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party as useless and meaningless. Oulanyah who defected from UPC to NRM in 2006 said that the defections are only geared towards monetary benefits from members of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Salaamu Musumba’s bid to end Rebecca Kadaga’s stretch as the Kamuli district woman representative has been met with mixed reactions from the public with some supporting her whereas others want her to back down from the race. Much as the Kamuli district woman MP race …