Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 families in Kikuube district are sleeping out in the cold following their eviction from Lake Albert shores. The families are affected by the second phase of the closure of illegal landing sites by Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF, which kicked off on …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Soroti are holding a man who claims to be a Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces-UPDF Captain attached to the Chieftaincy of Military intelligence (CMI) for conning residents. Captain Iddi Moses Okello was picked up from his residence at Oderai trading center in Soroti …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 28 teenage girls in Luweero district are stranded with children and pregnancies after they were neglected by men during the COVID-19 lockdown. The girls aged between 14-17 years are from sub-counties of Kamira, Bamunanika, Wobulenzi, Luweero and Makulubita. Seven are stuck with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party has rejected MP Nabillah Naggayi’s nomination forms, a blow to her attempt to contest for the position of Lord Mayor in Kampala using the party ticket. Nabilah, the current Kampala Woman MP had returned her nomination forms …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 2,425 elderly persons have been registered to benefit from the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment-SAGE program in Hoima district. The State Minister for Gender and Culture who doubles as the Bunyangabu district Woman MP Peace Regis Mutuuzo says that the beneficiaries were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, Dr. Solomon Gafabusa Iguru has directed all kingdom ministers and county chiefs intending to join active politics to first resign. In his message delivered by the Prime Minister Andrew Byakutaga, the Omukama says the Kingdom is none political and …

Fort Portal , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the first phase of Buhinga stadium in Fort Portal tourism city is complete. Eng. Besigye Bekunda, the head of the Engineering Brigade of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces -UPDF, says they have completed construction of the perimeter wall which …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district COVID-19 taskforce is seeking to create a holding centre at Gulu Region Referral Hospital for treating children infected with COVID-19. Dozens of breastfeeding mothers who tested positive for the virus disease are undergoing treatment at the facility. Already one of the six …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries has lifted the ban on the sale of animals and their products in the district. In 2019, the Agricultural, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Ministry imposed a ban on the sale livestock to contain the highly contagious …

Washington, US | XINHUA | Some U.S. media has reported that the United States and Israel are involved in a joint strategy to conduct clandestine strikes on Iran’s nukes sites and carry out hits on certain generals. It remains unclear if this assertion from a recent New York Times report …