Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has not forgotten the salary enhancement for arts, social sciences, or teachers of humanities, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said. He disclosed this in his remarks during the commencement of the 72nd graduation ceremony at Makerere University this morning. According to President Museveni, …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima police have arrested two more suspected vehicle thieves. This brings to five, the number of suspects arrested for vehicle theft in Hoima city. The suspects whose identities have been withheld by the police for fear of jeopardizing police investigations were arrested from Kibaati cell …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district has reported five new cases of nodding syndrome, a decade after the last cases were registered. Joe Otoo, the coordinator of nodding syndrome in Labongo Akwang sub-county, says the cases were registered in Abudere and Labworormor villages in Pajimo parish, Labongo Akwang sub-county, …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised Chinese investment for changing the economic landscape in his country and other parts of Africa, while blasting the West for plundering African resources for decades. In his weekly column for the government-run The Sunday Mail newspaper, Mnangagwa said that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni absolutely said nothing during his televised address on the economic situation in the country according to his longtime rival, Rtd Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye, the former Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party president. This comes just hours after the president Museveni addressed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rebel Allied Democratic Forces-ADF have scaled down their attacks against the people of Eastern DR. Congo, the Operation Shujja sector III commander, Col. Denis Wandera Wanyama has revealed. Operation Shujja sector III was created in April 2022 to block the fleeing of ADF rebels …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region has intensified the search for Shaban Malore’s killers, with the arrest of his seven brothers on Monday bringing the total number of those arrested to ten. The suspects are being detained at different police stations within Jinja city. Malore was shot …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima district roads committee has ordered the Chief Administrative Officer-CAO to recover Shillings 20 million from the former district engineer, Julius Ssentamu. The was meant for the rehabilitation of 15km Kakindo-Nyamirima road in Kyabigambire sub-county. The Hoima District Committee chairperson and Bugahya County Member of …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business is paralyzed in Kotido district following the killing of the Napumpum sub-county LCIII chairperson Paul Lowok. He was gunned down by suspected Karamojong rustlers. Joseph Lokiru, a resident of Napumpum told URN that the deceased was drinking together with his friends on Sunday when he …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several people facing forceful eviction from their ancestral land in Buliisa are accusing their tormentors of branding them as Congolese nationals. The affected people say that the majority of the land grabbers refer to them as Congolese despite the fact that they have occupied the …