Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Rebecca Akello Okae, the daughter of the fallen Uganda People’s Congress- UPC Party National Chairman, Lawrence Okae shocked mourners at Immaculate Conception on Wednesday afternoon when she revealed her father succumbed to effects of smoking, a habit he abandoned 32- years ago.  Akello who was …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Aruu County Member of Parliament, Odonga Otto is wanted by police for escaping from lawful custody. The legislator was picked up by officers from Awere Police Station in Awere trading center in Pader district on allegations of violating the Electoral Commission guidelines on campaigning …

Nakapiripirit, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | There is a reduction diarrhoea cases across Karamoja region due to the positive response by the community to hand washing against the coronavirus pandemic, health officials have revealed.  Dr. John Anguzu, the Nakapiripirit District Health Director, says the coronavirus pandemic broke out in the country …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi has said that, he sent his four children on vacation to the USA over safety reasons. Kyagulanyi’s four children flew out of the country yesterday. Although he didn’t specify the duration of his children’s stay in the USA, …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Capt. Mike Mukula, the Eastern Region National Chairman for the ruling National Resistance Movement- NRM Party has resorted to Arrow  boys groups  to mobilize support for the incumbent president, Yoweri Museveni in Teso.  Arrow Boys is a militia that was formed in Teso to fight …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and the National Unity Platform – NUP parties in Gulu have accused the ruling National Resistance Movement – NRM party of stage-managing defections in Acholi.  This follows a recent wave of alleged defections involving over 1,000 supporters from the opposition …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations are asking the government to clear bank accounts of non-government organizations that were frozen close to a month ago. The frozen accounts were of the National NGO Forum, a membership organization with over 650 organisations and Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET), an entity that brings …

Fort Portal, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Interim Mayor of Fort Portal Tourism City Rev Willy Kintu Muhanga has written to the City Clerk, asking him not to extend the contract of the street parking.     The said contract was awarded by Fort Portal Municipal Council in August 2019, to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The testimony of the first witness in the trial of  Caroline Kembabazi, an Assistant Private Secretary to President Yoweri Museveni couldn’t be concluded at Buganda Road Magistrates Court this evening due to technological issues. Kembabazi is accused of using her position to intimidate and lie …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The two factions of Inzu Ya Masaba have issued contradictory statement about the burial arrangements of the late Umukuka Bob Saul Kipiro Mushikor.  Mushikor succumbed to diabetes at his residence on Union Road in Mbale City on Monday afternoon. His body is lying in the …