Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Did Hamis Kiggundu acquire a syndicated loan from Diamond Trust Bank -DTB? This will be one of the many questions that will face the Court of Appeal and the legal fraternity as a whole. Diamond Trust Bank filed a notice to appeal the ruling …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ruling National Resistance Movement – NRM has already secured seats in the 11th parliament after six of its candidates went through unopposed. By the close of the two-day country wide nomination exercise yesterday, NRM candidates in Ik county in Kaabong district, Bugahya county …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has recorded a worrying increase in domestic violence cases since the Covid-19 lockdown started in Lango sub-region. The North Kyoga regional police headquarters has reported that in the first quarter of the year before the lockdown, the reported cases of domestic violence in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | FULL-TIME Everton 2-2 Liverpool. A quite remarkable derby. Liverpool twice went ahead through Sadio Mane and Mo Salah, but Everton fought back through Michael Keane and a late leveller from Calvert-Lewin. Dominic Calvert-Lewin struck late on as 10-man Everton twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Liverpool. Sadio Mane gave …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has remitted UGX 70 million to Amuru district local government to fund the implementation of guidelines and standard operating procedures in its schools. Classes for candidates started on the 15th October this week following a phased reopening of schools announced by President Yoweri Kaguta …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More Ugandans could drift into poverty unless government comes up with measures to cushion those that have been rendered jobless as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. As the world marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, there are fears that poverty levels in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makindye West Member of Parliament, Allan Ssewanyana, the National Unity Platform (NUP) parliamentary nominee, who was arrested on 15th October 2020 for holding an illegal procession has been released on police bond. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan spokesperson says the legislator has been instructed …

London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | This round of the Premier League sees rivalry Merseyside clubs Everton and Liverpool meet at Goodison Park on the afternoon of Saturday 17 October 2020. Everton come into this clash in almost unprecedented form, with a 4-2 win over Brighton seeing them sit atop the Premier …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A soldier of the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF attached to Masindi artillery Division has accidentally shot himself dead. The deceased has been identified as Lance Corporal Simon Peter Bongomin, 32, attacked to the barracks military police training wing. The incident happened on Thursday inside the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic may pose great risks to the nutritional status and survival of young children in Uganda. As Uganda joins the rest of the World to Mark World Food Day, surveys conducted during the COVID-19 lockdown and after suggest that children in some families …