Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nile Treasure Gate Company Limited, a labour export recruitment firm has refuted allegations of conspiring to traffic Judith Nakintu, 38, to Saudi Arabia where she purportedly lost her kidney. This follows the arrest of two directors of the company on Thursday when they appeared at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fabinho’s first-half goal earned Liverpool a 1-0 victory over Burnley at Turf Moor. The midfielder’s close-range finish late in the first half – his fifth goal in his last seven appearances for the Reds -settled Sunday’s Premier League clash. Jürgen Klopp’s side have now …

Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has intervened in a 60-year old land wrangle between 78-year-old Margret Kwatiraho Kibundugwize, and Kitezo Catholic Church in Isingiro district. The two have been feuding over 12.4 hectares of land. Kibundugwize accuses Kitezo Catholic Church of grabbing her late husband’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is under the spotlight to explain where it obtained the funds used to print and distribute the first batch of self study materials in 2020, following the nationwide closure of schools. The government sent home about 15million learners as …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday discussed the Ukraine crisis with U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron respectively over the phone as tensions continue to escalate between Russia and Ukraine. During these conversations, Putin reiterated the absence of a substantive response from the …

Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly built multi-million modern market in Lukaya town council in Kalungu district has remained vacant because of the refusal by the vendors to occupy it citing poor workmanship.  The vendors who sell vegetables, tomatoes, fish and other fresh foodstuffs are instead operating in their …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former independent presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleta has accused the ruling National Resistance Movement government of deliberately suppressing the Lango sub-region. Kabuleta, who scored 0.44 percent of the total votes cast in the 2021 presidential elections, says that the ruling government is intentionally suppressing Lango politically …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo Resident District Commissioner Nabinson Kidega, is nursing injuries at St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City following a nasty road accident. Kidega, his bodyguard Christopher Onek, and driver Patrick Odongo, sustained multiple body injuries when his pickup registration number UG 3332C, overturned after knocking …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah had spent three days without eating when he was evacuated from his home to Mulago National Referral Hospital and eventually out of the country, URN has learnt. The Deputy Speaker Anita Among and Oulanyah’s close friends intervened when he …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Saturday stressed that the military was open to a national dialogue aimed at achieving democratic transition. “The army is ready to conduct a dialogue regarding a transitional period if a consensus is reached,” said Al-Burhan in …