CID boss and two officers have been detained and charged with torture Amolatar, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Amolatar district are holding one of their own and two UPDF soldiers accused of torturing a suspect to near-death while in custody. The police officer has only been identified as Osigire, the …

Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Environment Management Authority – NEMA officials spent the better part of Wednesday cutting down crops in Nyansimbi swamp in Butiiti town council in Kyenjojo district in an effort to save River Muzizi.  In 2018, NEMA moved to restore R. Muzizi which snakes through Kagadi, …

Schooling for semi-candidates resumed on March 1st and is to run for 14 weeks per the earlier ministry program Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has further revised the school calendar to allocate more learning time to semi-candidates in what has been termed as a …

Connection materials produced locally will be procured as part of the government commitment to the Buy Uganda, Build Uganda policy Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government said it will not yield to pressure to allow the importation of electricity connection materials that can be produced locally as the implementation …

New York, U.S. | XINHUA | U.S. stocks declined in the volatile past week as a surge in bond yields unnerved investors who rushed to dump risk assets, especially high-flying shares. For the week ending Friday, the Dow lost 1.8 percent, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell 2.5 percent …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Accredited envoys have been asked to always inform the government when going about their movements. On Monday, Italy’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo Luca Attanasio was killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy near the eastern Congolese city of Goma. Attanasio …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have warned traffic commanders against congesting police stations with vehicle wreckages. Almost all police stations particularly in Kampala are surrounded by the wreckage of motor vehicles and motorcycles involved in accidents. At Kampala Central Police Station –CPS, the wreckage of vehicles destroyed beyond …

📌 FUNERAL PROGRAM ✳ SUNDAY – Vigil Butabika 7-8pm ✳ MONDAY – Service & Vigil 7-8pm ✳ TUESDAY – Church Service 10am All Saints ✳ TUESDAY – Vigil Fort Portal 5pm ✳ WEDNEDAY – Prayers at home ✳ THURDAY – Burial Fort Portal 12pm Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Market vendors in Arua city have tasked the city authorities to train the traders on the usage of facilities in the new market ahead of its commissioning next month. The 24 Billion Shillings market was constructed under African Development Bank funding through the Market and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 Uganda People’s Defence Forces – UPDF soldiers under the reserve forces have been recalled for deployment in Somalia. Maj Bilal Katamba of the UPDF First Division that superintends reserve forces says that the recalled soldiers should report to nearby barracks not later …