Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakasongola district entomology office has confirmed the invasion of locusts. On Friday last week, farmers from Kalungi and Lwampanga sub counties and Migyera town council petitioned Nakasongola district agriculture office to investigate the invasion of insects, which look like locusts. In Kalungi sub county, …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed board chairperson of the National Identification and Registration Authority(NIRA), James Biribonwa has tasked the authority management to explain the detailed process of National ID replacement and explain why it takes long. Biribonwa, who was presiding at the inaugural NIRA governing board …

Nabuyondo is one of three females that sat for examinations in Science related programs during the November/December Business, Technical and Vocational Education Training-BTVET 2019 examinations.  Results of the examinations that were released last week show that out of 5,251 students who sat for the examinations, 991 were females. Out of …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of mourners on Sunday turned up to bid farewell to the former presidential candidate Maj. Gen. Benon Buta Biraro. Biraro was laid to rest at his ancestral home in Rukiga Rwengando, Nyarugando Parish, Masha sub county Isingiro district. Biraaro was praised for contributing …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing Archbishop Church of Uganda the most Rt Rev Stanley Ntagali has cautioned individuals against sabotaging developmental projects on lands belonging to the Church of Uganda. Speaking at the 43rd-anniversary commemoration of St Janani Luwum on Sunday, Archbishop Ntagali who was the main …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil society Organisations (CSOs) are asking government to publish a list of all companies that are exempted from taxes. During a press conference held on Sunday, Julius Mukunda, the Executive Director of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) said the failure by Uganda Revenue …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Agnes Emujong battles Kaposi’s sarcoma, a type of cancer that usually affects people living with HIV. The disease has made her develop large protruding tumors on the nose and eye areas that have almost shrunk her face. Among the five that Uganda Radio Network …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has made strides in treatment of childhood cancers. At a press conference held on Saturday at the Uganda Cancer Institute, Dr Jackson Orem the Executive Director said that unlike before, the institute is now better positioned to handle childhood cancer cases leading to …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission has said that the commission requires 100 billion shillings to procure bio-metric system machines for the 2021 presidential and parliamentary elections. The 2021 general elections will be the second time Uganda uses the Biometric …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The head of the Uganda Police Cyber Crimes in the Directorate of Forensics Services, Jimmy Haguma has warned Ugandans to be alert about the increasing cases of fraud, arising out of identity thefts. Haguma told Uganda Radio Network that several Ugandans have been defrauded …