Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has today met hotel and bar operators in Moroto municipality following continuous presence of criminal groups in the area. The meeting called by the acting District Police Commander, Abel Kyooto Barugahare was aimed at highlighting aspects of insecurity in the municipality. He cautioned the hotel …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | No countries should cross Moscow-set “red lines” in relations with Russia, which will resolutely protect its national interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday in his annual address to the Federal Assembly. “The world has become accustomed to illegal sanctions and rude attempts by some …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | In a bid to conserve Uganda’s forest cover, on April 20, Michael Magambo, the chief executive officer for ATC Uganda handed over a dummy cheque worth Shs 45 million to Alfred Okot Okidi, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Water and Environment towards the …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Nakasongola is investigating the mysterious death of a passenger who lost his life aboard MV Kyoga, which was heading to Amolatar district. The deceased has been identified as Ambrose Ongom, a resident of Owinyocwa village at Namasale landing site in Amolatar district. It is …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The rise of e-commerce in the past few years is benefiting budding entrepreneurs as consumers are finding it easy to do shopping by merely clicking the button of their internet enabled devices. One of the entrepreneurs interviewed for this story, Joachim Mumbere has turned his shop …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) has started a detonation exercise to destroy unexploded ordinances in Pader district. The Pader Resident District Commissioner, Dusman Okee says the exercise that started on Wednesday will run for two months. It follows a resolution reached during the district security …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of Chapter Four Uganda, Nicholas Opiyo says they have started gathering and documenting evidence on the November 2020 riots. Riots broke out in different parts of the country shortly after the arrest of the National Unity Platform president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu during his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health will next month embark on cholera vaccination in flood-prone areas following reports of anticipated heavy rains. Oral cholera vaccine is used as part of the Ministry of Health’s integrated cholera prevention and control strategy. The others include the provision of safe water, improved …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of over 40 Civil Society Organisations-CSOs have called upon the United States government to listen more to communities as they release their next funding to tackle HIV/AIDS in Uganda. The activists who also released a report dubbed, ‘the People’s Voice’ which documented experiences of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Uganda Cranes player Mike Suleiman Mutyaba has petitioned the State House Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA), and it’s President Moses Hassim Magogo over acts of corruption, exploitation and diversion of public resources. According to Mutyaba, the football governing body …