Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | City traders are torn between closing their during the election period or staying on to make a little more money amid uncertainties as to how the next few weeks will be. Many are convinced that there will be violence in the city as some people might …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |People living with disabilities- PDWs in Kasese District are struggling to access health services.   Many are equally without financial abilities to hire transportation services to access health centres.  Charles Ndobya from Nyabugando village, Mpondwe Lhubiriha town council says accessing health services becomes a challenge especially …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale is hunting for unknown thugs who broke into the offices of the National Identification and Registration Authority- NIRA. The offices are located at Half London ward Northern city division.  Rogers Taitika, the Elgon Region Police Spokesperson says that the thugs broke into …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |    The World Badminton Federation (WBF) has greenlit the 2021 Uganda International Badminton Championship scheduled for Feb. 25-28 in the capital Kampala, a top sports official said here on Sunday. Simon Mugabi, the executive director of the Uganda Badminton Association told Xinhua in an interview …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | There are high stakes in the Jinja City mayoral race as once close political allies the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC candidate, Frank Nabwiso and former Uganda People’s Congress-UPC diehard and now National Resistance Movement-NRM candidate, Robert Kanusu face off. Although the race has attracted over …

Sembabule, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Cases of outright voter bribery have surfaced in Sembabule district ahead of the general elections scheduled for this Thursday.  Ugandans of eighteen years and above go to the polls this Thursday to elect a president and members of parliament for the 2021-2026 term of office. …

Kaabong, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Several families in Kaabong and Karenga districts in Karamoja sub region are at risk of starvation following the destruction of their crops by buffalos and elephants from Kidepo National Game Park. Some of the families interviewed by URN in Karenga Sub County in Karenga district …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara Archbishop His Grace Lambert Bainomugisha has urged Christians to maintain peace as the country heads to an election. Delivering his sermon at Nyamitanga Cathedral in Mbarara City on Sunday, Lambert urged Ugandans to participate in the presidential and parliamentary election on Thursday and return …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Some bus operators within the Kampala suburbs are still charging high transport fares despite abandoning the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs issued by the Health Ministry to halt the transmission of the coronavirus. The transport fares doubled after Ministry of health directed transporters to carry half of …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of the Inzu Ya Masaba, the Bamasaba cultural institution is rooting for a state burial for the deceased Umukuka Bob Saul Kipiro Mushikori. The late Mushikori succumbed to diabetes at his residence on Union Road in senior quarters in Mbale City on Monday …