Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The newly elected Gulu City Division Mayors have prioritized proper garbage management in their five-year term in office. Garbage management in Gulu City has become a challenge generally because of the regular breakdown of the only garbage trucks and the high costs to repair and maintain.  Officials …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The agriculture sector has been allocated 1.534 Trillion Shillings for the financial year 2021/2022. This is an increase more than half from the 940 Billion the sector got in the current budget.  About a third of the budget which is 536 Billion Shillings will be spent …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Democratic Party (DP) leaders and supporters in Gulu city are protesting the Bardege-Layibi Division Mayoral election results. They accused the Gulu City Registrar, Benson Obete of altering the poll results of their candidate, George Ogwette in favor of his Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party rival, …

Ntungamo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC candidates in Ntungamo district has rejected the results from the parliament and local government polls. The parliamentary and district local government elections were held on January 14th and 20th, 2021 respectively. FDC fronted candidates for five parliamentary seats in Ntungamo …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Resistance Movement- NRM party, National Unity Platform and Forum for Democratic Change-FDC have shared Mayoral seats in three municipalities in Greater Mukono. The municipalities include Lugazi and Njeru in Buikwe district and Mukono municipality in Mukono district.  According to the results the National …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Richard Okwera Ojara, the Kitgum Municipality Mayor-elect has outlined plans to unite the different factions of market vendors in the Municipality. Ojara was declared the winner of the hotly contested Mayoral race on Monday defeating the incumbent Mayor Walter Livingst Too-roma with 3,875 votes against …

Jinja , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Three contestants who lost the southern division mayoral seat in Jinja City to National Resistance Movement’s-NRM, Ashiraf Nasser have faulted electoral commission officials of voter fraud.  Southern Division is part of the newly created electoral areas within Jinja city where polling exercise took place …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The health ministry has embarked on a training program for health workers amidst a surge in infections in this category and uncertainty on whether or not they contract the virus in the line of duty. The program will see at least 2000 health workers training …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kasana-Luweero Catholic Diocese is hunting for over Shillings 700 million for its Silver Jubilee Celebrations. The Diocese that was established on November 30, 1996, will celebrate 25 years of existence come Sunday, March 6, 2022.   About two years ago, the diocese embarked on preparations for …

New York, USA | THE INDEPENDENT |   Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 100 million on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global case count reached 100,032,461, with a total of 2,149,818 deaths worldwide, as of 2:22 p.m. local time (1922 GMT), …