Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement presidential candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday kicked off campaigns seeking re-election as the President of Uganda. Museveni started the campaigns in Luweero where he waged National Resistance Army war of 1981-1986 which ushered him into power. He met NRM flag …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Catholic Archbishop John Baptist Odama has called for a violent free election as campaigns for the 2021 general polls kicks off. His message comes on the backdrop of security intimidation and brutality against members of the opposition political party leaders and their supporters as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rites North Lango, a non-governmental organization operating in partnership with Aids Information Center-Uganda in nine districts of Lango has registered 1,500 young people living with HIV/AIDS to offer voluntary services to HIV clients. The recruits will be deployed at Apwori, Inomo, Chawente, Nambieso health center …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu (OBR) is seeking 25 Billion Shillings for the construction of the Buhikira Royal Palace. The palace was in November 2016 destroyed during an army led raid in which the Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere and more than 200 others were arrested and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 200 boda boda riders in Kabale municipality took to the streets on Monday to protest extortion by security officers deployed to enforce the night-time curfew. The angry riders rode their bikes through Kabale town to Rwakaraba where they attacked a police checkpoint along Kabale-Kisoro …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rukungiri district has got a new district service commission following the expiry of the term of office for the incumbent commission seven months ago. The new members are Cleophas Tiwaitiu as chairperson, Rwandembo Mugisha, Jackson Baryamwihaho and Beatrice Namara. Tiwaitiu replaces Stanley Munabi whose term …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven teachers and one clinical officer in Kyenjojo district are to undergo a mental health examination after presenting with signs of mental illness. This came up in a meeting between Kyenjojo staff and Rwenzori Anti-Corruption Coalition- RAC where the District Education Officer, Gertrude Tibakanya …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two suspected Turkana warriors were killed and another injured during a cattle raid at Lochom in Kaabong West in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The injured also succumbed to the gunshot wounds hours later. Kaabong Resident District Commissioner, John Rex Achilla says the two …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has finally delivered on a pledge he made to the Association of Lira Catholic Women Guild one and a half decades ago. In 2005, President Museveni during a political campaign pledged two pickup trucks, one for the association of the Catholic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fears that had been raised amongst weather experts that excessively heavy rains would pound Uganda in the coming days have subsided. The Uganda National Meteorological Authority-UNMA now says the country will continue receiving normal rainfall over several parts of the country in the next five …