Moroto, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Karimojong and Kenyan Turkana pastoralists in Moroto district are currently gripped with panic of possible death of their livestock following the fall of water levels in the giant Kobebe dam. Kobebe water dam located about 50km from Moroto town in Moroto district was re-constructed by the ministry of …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate for the Northern Region youth parliamentary seat has gone missing. Boniface Young, a resident of Koboko district disappeared on Sunday afternoon shortly after leaving his hotel room in Gulu City to print his campaign posters.   His polling agent, Ali …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City traders have called for the restoration of trade order in the capital, which is currently messed up with a pool of roadside vendors. They are also concerned about the jumbled parking of public taxis and motorcycles in ungazetted parking spaces, and poor garbage …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Initiative for Social and Economic Rights-ISER and Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability-UCCA have tasked government to come up with a complete plan of reopening schools for all learners to ease public anxiety.  The CSOs note that there is uncertainty on the continuity of studies …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s coffee export volumes surged by 22% in 2020 compared to the previous year. The growth has been revealed in the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly report of December 2020. The figures for 2020 indicates that exports for calendar year January 2020 to December …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  KCB Bank has donated medical equipment worth Shs12 million to Sanctuary Medical Foundation in Gayaza. The donation comes on the backdrop of heightened need for in-patient medical equipment and need for protection of frontline health center staff. The items donated to Sanctuary Medical Foundation …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | There are mixed reactions from the population in Northern Uganda ahead of the International Criminal Court-ICC verdict on conviction in the case of Former Lord’s Resistance Army Rebel Commander Dominic Ongwen. Ongwen’s judgment has been set for February 4, 2021, at The Hague-based court in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has embarked on a donor hunting expedition to guarantee future training of the experts who deal with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. These are very vital in tackling emerging and re-emerging diseases, yet very costly …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police have allowed a procession by Denmark Adios Beinomugisha, the Forum for Democratic Change Youth Candidate for the Western Youth parliamentary election. Beinomugisha started his procession from the gate of Bishop Stuart University at 10: 00 Am, drove through Kakoba, Mbaguta, Garage and High streets …

Mubende, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Delegates participating in the Central Youth parliamentary elections have rejected the partial allowance of Shillings 150,000 paid out by the Electoral Commission to facilitate their participation in the polls, saying they want full payment of Shillings 1 million. More than 1250 delegates drawn from 27 …