Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | COVID-19 patients admitted at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital have rose up in protest against the poor living conditions in the isolation unit. On Wednesday morning, the male patients caused a stampede in the mental ward which is currently serving as an isolation and treatment center …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of parents have petitioned the ministry of education and sports over certain schools that have consistently requested illegal school fees to conduct online lessons during this period when schools remain closed. In a petition written through Simon Tendo Kabenge Advocates, the angered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service has secured items worth 1.2 billion Shillings to boost its COVID-19 response thanks to a donation from the United Nations Office of Crime and Drugs, the European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Frank Baine, the spokesperson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More girls are enrolling for primary education compared to boys. This is according to the United Nation Population Fund’s State of the World population report. The report indicates that more than six percent of the adjusted net enrollment of boys in primary education between 2009 …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masindi police are investigating circumstances under which a casual laborer was killed at the residence of Buruli County Member of Parliament, Zerubabel Nyiira Mijumbi. 32-year-old John Mbabazi was hacked to death by unknown assailants at Mijumbi’s home in Kinuba village in Bigando parish in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rtd. Maj. Gen. Gregory Mugisha Muntu has sailed through unopposed as the first presidential candidate for the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party. He was nominated at a function held at the ANT party secretariat along Buganda road in Kampala under the supervision of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Panyadoli refugee police station in Kiryandongo district has received a boost of four motorcycles and double cabin vehicle from the Dutch envoy. The Police Chief Political Commissar, Asan Kasingye received the donation from the Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Henk Jan Bakker on Wednesday morning …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rising water level in Lake Kyoga has taken a huge toll fish farmers in Serere district. More than 30 fishponds built by government through Operation Wealth Creation, Youth Livelihood and other programs have been submerged in Kadungulu, Bugondo, Labor, Pingire and Kateta sub …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lt. General Andrew Gutti has secured a fifth term as chairperson of the Makindye based Army General Court Martial. He was reappointed in a June 24th letter signed by President Yoweri Museveni. Others reappointed to the same court are Major General Joseph Arocha, Col …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Border districts in Eastern Uganda are seeking additional funding to boost COVID-19 response plans. The districts include Tororo, Busia, Bukwo and Namisindwa. In April, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development released 165 million shillings to districts to intensify the campaign against the …