Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown gunmen have shot dead a 40-year-old Ugandan health specialist in South Sudan. The deceased has been identified as Clara Amono, a specialist in reproductive health working for Cordaid, an international emergency relief and development organization in South Sudan. Amono was shot in an ambush between …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The head of the Tabliq sect, Amir Uma Muhammad Yunus Kamoga has asked President Yoweri Museveni to consider appointing Muslims to his new cabinet. Kamoga says that Muslims should be considered for appointment in key positions of responsibility because the Muslim community has several issues that …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of garbage remains a challenge in the newly created cities. The uncollected garbage or litter is common on the streets, in the corridors of buildings, and clogs drainages whenever it rains hence causing unprecedented floods. Despite the expansion of their boundaries, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 motorcycles were impounded on Wednesday night by security agencies enforcing curfew time in the Kampala Metropolitan area. Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson said yesterday, about 500 more motorcycles were impounded because riders have continued to violate curfew which was imposed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Shaban Ramathan Mubaje has called for the unconditional release of all political prisoners arrested during and after the 2021 elections. The mufti made the remarks on Thursday while speaking to thousands of muslims that converged at Gaddafi National Mosque at Old …

Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joys Bazanye Nazziwa, a resident of Bukulula sub county, Kalungu district, no longer worries about preparing meals for her family. “I used to spend at least Shs 4,000 per day to buy firewood to prepare meals for my nine-member family,” she told The Independent in an …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The price of fish has almost doubled in most markets in the Bunyoro sub region over the last four months. According to a survey conducted by Uganda Radio Network (URN) in Buliisa, Masindi, Hoima, Kikuube and Kagadi, the prices of fish in the markets have skyrocketed. …

Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has reconstituted the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) as part of the 2018 revitalized peace agreement. In a presidential decree broadcast on national television on Monday evening, Kiir appointed 550 representatives from all the parties to the 2018 peace agreement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security team is searching for men who have continuously hurled petrol bombs at both government and private vehicles. Last night, petrol bombs were reportedly thrown at Katwe police station by unknown individuals and later at two government vehicles. The Katwe incident according to deputy …

Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa | Farmers who produce high quality products will always access market in the East African region and abroad, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Vincent Ssempijja. Ssempijja, who was speaking during the handover ceremony of solar powered irrigation system to Bugomola Integrated …