Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Members of Parliament have questioned President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to the Ministry of Finance to suspend activities of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) in the country over alleged subversion of government activities. DGF is the single biggest donor basket established by Development Partners to provide …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Gulu University Council will amend some sections of the Students’ Guild Constitution to allow for virtual elections. The proposed amendment follows the postponement of the guild elections that was slated on 26th January. The exercise was supposed to be conducted by online voting but …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) are stuck with student certificates and transcripts. According to the examination body, they are stuck with academic documents of over 10,000 students from 226 institutions.  Some of the institutions that have not picked these documents include; Uganda Wildlife …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Katikamu North Member of Parliament Abraham Byandala has appeared before detectives at Luwero Central Police Station to defend himself over a fraud scandal that has rocked the executive members of the National Resistance Movement Party in Luwero. The members are under investigation over the alleged …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  | Julius Businge  | As coronavirus pandemic continues to drive people to work and socialise via online platforms, a new campaign is being implemented urging people to report online child sexual abuse material.  Dubbed Help Children Be Children, the campaign, which is led by the Internet …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Former National Unity Platform-NUP Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu on Thursday held a meeting with the European Union (EU) delegation. The team was led by the EU head of Delegation in Uganda Attilio Pacifici along with ambassadors representing nine european countries in Uganda. The NUP …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Works has launched investigations into the fire outbreak that gutted part of the Rwenzururu royal palace in Kasese District.  Last week, a structure that doubles as the home of the Rwenzururu cultural leader Charles Wesley Mumbere and the office was set ablaze …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Wilbroad Byamukama, a lecturer at Kabale University has been arrested for the attempted murder of Rubanda Town Council Mayor-elect Norman Tushabe. Byamukama, 31, a resident of Murore village in Rubanda Town Council was arrested on grounds that he knocked Tushabe on Wednesday morning.  According …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Forty-four Superintendents of Police have completed a refresher course in command and leadership at Bwebajja Police College. They were part of the 45 officers who were summoned for a refresher course on September 21, 2021, by the Inspector-General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola. The majority …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted Dominic Ongwen, the former commander of the Sinia Brigade of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Ongwen was found guilty on 61 counts of War crimes and crimes against Humanity. He was facing 70 counts of war crimes and …