Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | DFCU bank has been tasked to explain its move to evict 250 families in Tororo before the expiry of their loan term. Chris Sserunkuma, the in-charge of Special Assets at DFCU Bank appeared before the Physical Infrastructure Committee of Parliament on Wednesday following a petition …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is still struggling with inaccessibility to the COVID-19 vaccines, even though many vaccination points have sprouted out in different sites around Kampala. So far, only 2.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered with majority of people getting only one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala has arrested two people suspected to be part of a racket issuing fake COVID-19 test results to travellers. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the suspects as Francis Luke and Joshua Bakabuye, both residents of Kawempe. Their arrest came after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Force has started inquiring into the circumstances under which the former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu obtained his Diploma in Music, Dance and Drama at Makerere University. The investigations stem from an order issued by the Law Development Centre Magistrates Court directing the Director …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two judges attached to the High Court in Masaka have refrained from hearing bail applications filed by Members of Parliament Allan Ssewanyana and Muhammad Ssegirinya. The two legislators were arrested and detained on charges of murder, attempted murder, and aiding and abetting terrorism, stemming from …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | A ruling by the United Nations’ top court on the maritime border dispute between Kenya and Somalia has drawn opposing reactions from the two neighboring countries in East Africa. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Tuesday that there was no agreed maritime boundary and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fisheries State Minister Hellen Adoa has threatened to name and shame illegal fishermen on Lake Victoria and the other major water bodies masquerading as State house officials. Addressing staff at the National Fisheries Resources Research Institute-NaFIRRI in Jinja city on Wednesday, Adoa claimed that …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The Somali government has rejected an African Union (AU) proposal for a joint stabilization mission with the United Nations (UN) to spearhead peacekeeping operations in the country. It said on Tuesday that the Africa Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) did not consider Somalia’s views, including …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former State Minister for Labour, Herbert Kabafunzaki has paid a 10 million Shillings fine imposed on him by the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala as an alternate sentence for a bribery conviction. Kabafunzaki was convicted of soliciting a bribe of five million Shillings from Hamid …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Masaka is investigating a priest attached to Bisanje Catholic Parish over the suspicious death of a suspected robber. The priest, Reverend Fr Richard Mugisha was summoned in relation to the death of Ronald Kyeyune, 30, a suspected robber who had allegedly broken into …