Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two more people believed to be prime suspects in the gruesome murder of a police informer in Amuru district have been arrested. Denis Okot and Bosco Obwoya were picked up over the weekend from their hideout in Pabbo sub county following a tip-off.   The suspects …

The laboratory can run 1,000 test samples in 24 hours Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University laboratory has been accredited to test COVID -19 samples. Last year, the University applied for accreditation to run COVID-19 tests at the laboratory, it was later accredited on January 25th, 2021 after scientific …

Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the Inspectorate of Government -IG has embarked on a program to recruit and deploy more than 4,000 community volunteers to assist in the fight against corruption. The recruitment is being carried out under a program called Community Responsibility Enhancing Transparency and Accountability …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 24-year-old Kasana-Luweero Catholic Diocese has officially got her 19th parish. The headquarters of the newly created St. Joseph Parish Kannyanda is found in Kannyanda village in Makulubita sub county in Luweero district along the Matugga-Semuto road. Augustine Luzige, the pioneer leader of the laity …

Undersized fishing boats and nets were surrendered and set ablaze. Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen at Kitobo landing site in Kalangala district have surrendered illegal fishing materials to the Fisheries Protection Unit- FPU. This followed a sensitization meeting against illegal fishing practices conducted by the FPU at Kitobo landing site …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three top officials of Guaranty Trust Bank [GTB] were on Tuesday grilled for more than two hours by the anti-corruption and economic crime detectives over 3.6 billion shillings corruption scandal. GTB was dragged to Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID headquarters at Kibuli by Joseph Brown, …

Jacob Oboth, the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee chairperson applauded the move saying that anticipatory declaration of wealth is one of the new types of corruption used by leaders. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators sitting on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have expressed support of the government’s proposal …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has allocated 41 billion shillings to Gulu city for road construction under the Uganda Support for Municipal Infrastructural Development- USMID project. Edward Kiwanuka, the Gulu city town clerk says that the fund will construct more than 7 roads in the city totaling 7.788 …

Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Raphael Magyezi, the Minister of Local Government has finally okayed the utilization of the new market structure in Lukaya town council, Kalungu district, ten years after its construction commenced. In 2011, the Ministry of Works and Transport using a donation of 1.9 billion Shillings from …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district veterinary department has started a mass vaccination drive for cattle following the outbreak of black quarter, a highly infectious bacterial disease. At least four heads of cattle have reportedly died from the disease in Wao village, Koch Parish in Labongo Amida sub-county. Dr …