Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has supported the scientific elections model and rallied Ugandans to do the same. In his first public address after the release of the revised electoral roadmap, Museveni said that the Electoral Commission presented three choices to choose from in as far …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has discharged nine truck drivers who have recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The latest discharge brings the total recoveries to 640 out of the 774 cases in Uganda. Last Monday, the hospital discharged 47 patients, the biggest number of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic police are conducting fresh investigations into an accident that caused the death of  Innocent Ayesigye, a traffic officer who was knocked by a speeding vehicle along the Kampala-Jinja highway. Ayesigye was knocked by a speeding motor vehicle on May 24 from Namanve while riding …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has approved five members to the Kampala District Land Board amidst opposition from the acting Legal Affairs Director Caleb Mugisha. The names of the appointed members from Uganda Law Society and all divisions of Kampala except for Nakawa were presented by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem has finally said that government is set to receive Ugandans from five countries who will mostly come into the country before end of this month. According to Oryem, the confirmed trips are Ugandans coming from …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Budgets of various health campaigns undertaken by the government have gone up as a result of COVID-19 and some of its effects such as the need for social distancing. The Ministry of Health says that it now needs an additional 18 billion Shillings …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Human Resource Director, Brig Jesse Kamunanwire has reshuffled 40 senior police commanders in changes announced this afternoon. The changes affect Regional Police Commanders, District Police Commanders and Officers in Charge of police stations. The reshuffled commanders include four Senior Superintendent of Police, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party chairpersons in Gulu and Omoro sub-counties have expressed frustration over long unfulfilled pledges made to them by President Yoweri Museveni. Under the NRM sub–county chairperson associations in the two districts, the disgruntled party leaders say that President …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents in Kasese district are accusing the LC1 offices of charging them money to access learning materials that were provided by the government. The Ministry of Education distributed self-study materials to facilitate continuity of learning as schools remain closed across the country. Although the …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Refugees in the West Nile have demanded the establishment of institutional quarantine centers in the camps. Currently, persons who are suspected to have COVID-19 are taken to quarantine centres in Arua, far away from the camps. COVID 19 suspects in the camps in Madi …