Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Kitgum Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Akullo Ogwal has adjourned a scheduling conference in a land case between rivalling clans in Namokora Town Council, Kitgum District after hundreds of defendants in the case thronged the court premises.  The court had scheduled Wednesday to understand the issues …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amazing Grace Nursery and Primary School in Nakaseke District has failed to re-open citing a lack of funds to meet COVID 19 Standard Operating Procedures and operational costs.  On Monday, schools reopened in a staggered manner for non-candidate classes beginning with semi-candidates in P.6, S.3 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah declined to proceed with today’s Parliament sitting, even though this was the first time in over a year that he was chairing the house. He said he could not continue with Parliamentary business when his superior is mourning. Through his official …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Rwanda on Wednesday morning received the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX in its capital, Kigali, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines, which numbered 240,000 doses, will be followed by 102,960 doses of the Pfizer vaccines, also from the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Education and Sports has cautioned public and private schools against forcing learners to join the boarding sections.  Dr Kedrace Turyagyenda, the Director of Education Standards, says they have noted that some schools which were formally registered as a day or day and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Four journalists have sued Lt. Col Napoleon Namanya, the Director of operations in the Military Police and the Attorney General for their recent attack while covering the former National Unity Platform-NUP Presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. They are John Cliff Wamala and Geoffrey Twesigye, both …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Traffic Police in Gulu has intensified enforcement of standard operating procedures on public transport. After public transport resumed last year, transporters have been loading passengers to full capacity and charged them double despite public outcry. The vice is being perpetrated even at this period …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge  | MTN Uganda and International Medical Group and International Medical Center have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide digital health services across the country. Telemedicine is a situation where a medical doctor interacts or offers medical services to a patient through internet enabled devices like …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Environmental activists want the government to suspend all agricultural schemes operating within or close to Lake Victoria catchment area to save the country’s ecosystem, which is under threat from human activities.   The activists under their umbrella of Action for Sustainable Development Initiative-ASDI are concerned by …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Farmers in Acholi Sub Region have expressed worries over the unpredictable weather conditions ahead of this year`s planting season. Unlike in the previous years, farmers in Acholi Sub Region would start opening their farmlands between the months of late January and March ready for the …