Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Boda boda riders in Mbarara town want coronavirus preventive guidelines translated in local languages if they are to be effective. Government through the Health Ministry has released a couple of preventive guideline in an attempt to prevent COVID-19 infection. The guidelines have since been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has explained why the 13 people who were found meeting Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde during his arrest have been charged with obstructing investigations. The 13, including Tororo County MP, Annet Nyakecho, have been held incommunicado since their arrest of Thursday evening. They were …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The installation of Closed Circuit Television – CCTV surveillance security cameras have started in Gulu Municipality. The cameras are intended to help police curb down the growing crime. In September 2019, a team of security experts from the Police Directorate of Information and Communication …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for East African Affairs, Julius Wandera Maganda has said the East African Community is moving to strengthen the East African protocol on conflict resolution. Maganda was on Monday speaking at a conference at Hotel Africana on the commemoration of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University vice-chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has ordered Observer newspaper columnist Yusuf Serunkuma Kajura to desist from making ‘malicious attacks’ on officers of the university in the media and on other social platforms. In a letter dated March 10 written to Serunkuma who  is also …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mugoya Biasaali, a supervisor from SGA security has told the general court martial that he single handedly killed Bugiri Imam, Sheikh Masood Mutumba. He was appearing before the Makindye based General Court Martial chaired by Lt. General, Andrew Gutti together with his co-accused. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The annual Uganda – France Friendship week has been postponed. Speaking to journalists on Monday, French Ambassador Jules – Armand Aniambossou said while the Ministry of Health had inspected the various venues of the events they were set to hold between March 21st and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization-WHO will scrutinize the COVID-19 cases that have been reported in Africa. This comes at a time when more countries on the African continent seem to be reporting cases of the disease. According to WHO officials, scrutiny is needed to ascertain …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has told Parliament that a Ugandan-made spray which instantly kills viruses, including coronavirus, will soon be on the market. According to information from parliament,  what she described as an invention is however not a coronavirus treatment or cure, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies investigating treason charges against former security minister, Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde, have revealed that investigations have so far stalled because of his sickness. Tumukunde was arrested on Thursday evening from his office in Kololo by joint security agencies under the command of …