Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Immigration Control is prioritizing maritime training as a measure to improve the capacity of immigration officials to fight migration-related crimes in the country. Geoffrey Kambere, the Commissioner for Immigration Control says that because Uganda shares water bodies with some neighbors who are victims …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ibrahim Kittata, the new chairperson of Lwengo district has pledged to end the application of brutality as an approach to the enforcement of policies in the area. Lwengo district which was carved out of Masaka in 2010 has been in the limelight for the peculiar approaches …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Daniel Apedel, a 21-year-old member of the Firebase entertainment group has been found dead. Firebase is an entertainment company founded by National Unity Platform President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine. Apedel has been part of the soldier’s brigade, a wing that was responsible …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been sued by a civil rights group for calling COVID-19 the “China virus.” The complaint, filed in a federal court in New York by the Chinese Americans Civil Rights Coalition (CACRC), alleged that Trump’s use of that phrase and other similar …

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people have been confirmed dead following an accident along the Bundibugyo-Fort-Portal road in Bundibugyo district. The accident occurred last evening at Bugama village in the middle of Semuliki National Park. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred when a speeding taxi registration number UBH 654J lost …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two children have died in a house fire suspected to be an act of arson in Nalumunye, Kasenge, Wakiso district. Police has identified the deceased as Hussein Lubega, 13 years, and Ali Kabanda, 17 years old who died in a fire that caught one of the …

 Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has delivered a consignment of relief food to flood victims in Napak district. Last week, floods hit Napak district displacing 500 households in Morulinga and Matany sub counties. The floods destroyed houses, food and other household properties. Richard Sebandeke, the Napak Chief Administrative Officer …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have held prayers for the Omoro County MP Jacob Oulanyah ahead of his contest for the position of Speaker of Parliament. Oulanyah who handed over the Deputy Speaker’s office on Wednesday seeks to unseat Kamuli Woman MP Rebecca Kadaga. On …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court seeking to halt the recruitment process of judicial officers by Judicial Service Commission. Mabirizi in documents filed before the Civil Division wants an injunction restraining the Commission from proceeding with the process undertaken and decisions it has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools that are illegally occupying police land have until July 24 to vacate or face forceful eviction. This is based on instructions by the Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola for the eviction of all illegal settlements on police land, to pave way for a …