Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Resident District Commissioner Erick Sakwa has been released on bail. Sakwa alongside and two others were charged with three counts of manslaughter, theft and malicious damage, stemming from the death of one Charles Isanga, a trader from Lwanda village in Mafubira sub county, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has asked Ugandans to stop the habit of using pregnant mothers as stickers to get ways of driving from one place to another during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. All cars moving during the COVID-19 lockdown are supposed to have stickers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Renowned city Disc Jockey-DJ Nimrod Nabeeta is in trouble for distributing food in violation of the presidential directive that all relief is handed to the National Covid19 Task Force. The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango says Nimrod was picked up by a joint …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vegetable farmers in Kitgum district have remained relevant in business despite the COVID-19 lockdown. The government declared a national lockdown nearly a month ago as one of the measures to curb the spread of the virus. In Manwoko village, Labongo Amida sub-county, more than …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has ordered all Members of Parliament who benefited from the Shillings 10 billion allocated to them for COVID-19 activities to deposit it back with the Parliamentary Commission, district or Covid-19 National Task Force. Justice Michael Elubu issued the orders on Wednesday afternoon …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joan Nambooze was 9-months pregnant when she was diagnosed with the coronavirus –Covid-19. She is believed to have contracted the virus from her husband Francis Mugenyi who returned to Uganda from the United Arab Emirates on March 22 through Entebbe International Airport. Nambooze was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Andrew Bashaija, the head of Civil Division of High Court ejected several people from the court premises this morning for violating the physical distancing guidelines. Dozens of people had turned up at the Twed Tower based court in Kampala to listen to four …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has donated food relief to Hoima Regional Referral Hospital. It will be distributed to patients in health facilities which include Masindi hospital, Kikuube health center IV, Kibaale Hospital, Kyankwanzi hospital, Kiryandongo Hospital and Buliisa Health Center IV. The relief food includes 15,000 …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen in Teso sub region are braving through the tight UPDF security on Lake Kyoga to conduct fishing at night. Government suspended fishing on Lake Kyoga in January this year citing illegal fishing practices. The UPDF Marine unit deployed soldiers on major landing sites …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busia district task force is overwhelmed by the increasing number of people demanding for relief food. Paul Kalikwan, the Busia Deputy Resident District Commissioner says that categories of people demanding for the relief food include boda boda cyclists, motor and bicycles mechanics, hardware …