Kampala, Uganda | Ian Katusiime |  Anthony Kerali, a longtime professor of engineering at Makerere University, and an aristocrat who shared titbits of his life with Uganda’s political elite over the years on Twitter, has passed on. Kerali collapsed and died in his home at Prince Charles Drive in Kololo, an …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka High Court has sentenced a 72 year old man to 12 years imprisonment for defiling a 6 year old girl. Masaka High Court Judge Lady Justice Hon. Victoria Nakintu Katamba sentenced Fred Muswogo to 12 year imprisonment after pleading guilty to the offense. Masaka …

  Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Road users in Amuru district have raised concerns over the lack of guard rails at the Apaa bridge. Guard rails help to prevent vehicles from slipping off the road in steep areas. Heavy vehicles have found it difficult to pass over the bridge while …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When the Electoral Commission (EC) released tally sheets for January 14, 2021, presidential election results, there was an odd pattern. There were no invalid votes in the districts of Katakwi, Budaka and Pakwach. But Declaration Forms from the same districts that were collected by National …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a majority ruling of 8:1, Justices of the Supreme Court have declined to allow an application by former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu to file new evidence to support his petition challenging President Museveni’s victory in last month’s presidential election. In a short ruling …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delayed National examinations for 2020-2021 candidates will kick off with a briefing of O level candidates on Friday, February 26, 2021. This is according to the examination timetable released by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) this morning. The learners at this level will …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Luweero Chief Magistrate Court has remanded to prison the district vice chairperson of National Resistance Movement party for allegedly stealing funds meant for flagbearers. Zenar Nasur, the Luweero district NRM vice chairperson appeared before Luweero Chief Magistrate Samuel Munobe after spending a week in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nursery schools and other Early Childhood Development Centers (ECDs) will not be closed permanently. Their reopening however is dependent on the arrival of the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccines and their rollout. This pronouncement comes amidst fears that the Ministry of Education had banned nursery schools, and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and Local Defense Units -LDUs have shot dead three Karimojong cattle rustlers and recovered 8 cows. According to Peter Otisipaka, the Resident District Commissioner of Bulambuli district, the rustlers were caught by security stealing animals from Bunambutye and Bumufuni sub county. Otispaka revealed that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alphonse Owinyi-Dollo has said that the Supreme Court which he heads will not be intimidated by anybody while going about its business of determining the presidential election petition. At the beginning of this month, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the former National Unity Platform presidential …