Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen Ugandan fishermen who were allegedly abducted by suspected Congolese militiamen on Lake Albert waters have been freed. The fishermen were freed on Saturday after a week in captivity. They were allegedly abducted on March 14, 2021, while fishing near Kaiso landing site in Hoima …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has clashed with Tonny Olanya Olenge, the former Northern region coordinator for the National Unity Platform-NUP party for his support of Rebecca Kadaga. Olenge, a biosystems engineering student of Gulu University and former NUP Northern Youth MP aspirant …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) will convene an extra-ordinary congress that will nominate and elect President Samia Suluhu Hassan as the party’s chairperson, a party senior official said on Saturday. Humphrey Polepole, CCM’s Ideology and Publicity Secretary said President Hassan will be …

The new partnership will promote social inclusion and improve economic outcomes and human development as well as contribute to the social economic transformation of Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations system in Uganda and Equity Bank Uganda have established new partnerships for acceleration of the attainment of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health centres need special prices for water to improve on sanitation services in the facilities, according to Silas Aogon, MP, Kumi Municipality and a member of the Parliamentary Forum on Water and Sanitation. Aogon, who was speaking during the handover ceremony of a 14-stance water-borne …

Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa | Simon Opolot, the head teacher of Musupo Primary School in Moroto District, is always in deep thoughts on how to prepare lunch for the pupils. The children have to walk five kilometers on Mt. Moroto and other neighboring hills at least twice a week to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations Children’s Fund-UNICEF has distributed water, sanitation, and hygiene-WASH supplies to schools and health centres across the country. The programme has been extended to 1,172 government-aided primary schools and 472 health centres ranging from health centre IIIs to regional hospitals. However, several components …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of leprosy cases being reported annually is on the decrease according to the ministry of health. According to figures from the health ministry, a decrease of 20 new infections was reported in 2020 compared to 19 in 2019. Health experts say this is …

Fishermen want the government to come up with a standard procedure of guiding on how to catch the Nkolongo fish Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen at Katosi landing site want the government to lift the ban on catching of cynodon dactylon flying fish commonly known as Nkolongo. In 2017, the …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kwania district has arrested five of their own for allegedly assaulting a suspect. Amos Owiny, Vincent Otile, David Obote, Daniel Okello and Daniel Okula, all constables attached to Teilwa police outpost were arrested on Saturday. They allegedly assaulted Nelson Ayini on Friday during …