Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One court sitting in Lira has remanded to prison two men arrested for impersonating state house anti-corruption staff. Elly Apenyo, a 29-year-old businessman and his colleagues Denis Olwa, a 40-year-old social worker were arrested on Monday and detained at Lira central police station …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has allocated over 14 Billion Shillings to Mubende municipality for road construction under World Bank support. Frank Mpewo, the Mubende municipality deputy town clerk says that the fund will construct more than 3 roads in the municipality, mainly Lubanga road (0.996 km), Second …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leicester City have won the Emirates FA Cup for the very first time in the Football Club’s history. The Foxes defeated Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley Stadium in the final on Saturday. Youri Tielemans’ magnificent second-half strike from distance was the difference as City became the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Telecommunication companies continue to disconnect mobile telephone lines that are assigned to corporate organizations which have failed to comply with the UCC guidelines issued last year. The regulator says they have received complaints alleging failure and/or refusal by operators to adhere to the set simcard …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is investigating a case where health workers stationed at Mukono General hospital threw a stillborn baby in a placenta pit. The investigation comes following reports from the mother, 29-year-old Rose Baisi, a resident of Kigombya in Mukono district, that one of …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | On May 15, Uganda Tourism Board flagged off athlete Joshua Cheptegei to the 60th Ostrava Golden Spike in Czech Republic happening on Wednesday May,19. Cheptegei is a tourism ambassador for destination Uganda. He refers to himself as the ‘Silverback’ of the Pearl of Africa. A silverback is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda will mostly likely take another eight years before issuing National Identification Numbers-NINs to all citizens. The projection has been made by the newly appointed National Identification and Registration Authority-NIRA Executive Director Rosemary Kisembo as she assumed her new office at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Regular downpours in Mukono municipality have worsened the already appalling state of roads used as shortcuts by travelers running away from traffic jam along Kampala-Jinja highway. The most damaged routes include Namuyenje-Kyawambogo, Lweza-Nabuti, Wantoni-Namubiru-Nakawolole, Bajjo-Serado and UCU-Kirowooza-Namilyango-Kireku roads. Most of the routes had gradually developed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 23-year old Lydia Namuwaya, a resident of Misoli village in Wairasa sub county in Mayuge district is currently on the run after stabbing her one-day-old son in the left shoulder and then dumping him in the pit latrine. Namuwaya is reported to have delivered her …

  Residents storm onto a thief as security personnel want to be paid before they execute their duties Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders including vendors in Buyaga town council, Bulambuli district have decried the increasing theft of their properties by unknown people. According to the vendors, the Buyaga town …