Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations agencies in Uganda are baffled as to why hunger and undernutrition remain a challenge in the country despite enormous opportunities and abundant resources.  Uganda is one of the countries that were expected to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and …

Kaberamaido, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kaberamaido has arrested five people for allegedly participating in the marriage ceremony of two minors; 14- year-old primary six girl and a 17-year-old boy. The Ugandan constitution puts the age of consent at 18. The boy and his family had travelled from Olelai …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Anyone seeking to have electricity connected to their premises will now have to pay the full costs, following the scrapping of the subsidy, as well as the free connection policy, by the government.   Since 2005, the government has been subsidizing the cost of connecting power …

Beijing, china | THE INDEPENDENT |    F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, 35, was on Thursday allowed to return to racing at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after completing a 10-day quarantine in Bahrain and testing negative for COVID-19. Hamilton missed out last Sunday’s Sakhir GP but the FIA and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Presidential candidates, currently on the campaign trail ahead of the 2021 general election has decried the unpredictable police deployments, in several parts of the country. They say that a number of their activities have been blocked, and sometimes they are barred from …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |At a time when Africa is mobilizing resources for pandemic recovery and sustainable development, illicit financial flows (IFFs) are robbing the continent of USD 50 billion annually.  Illicit financial flows refer to the illegal movement of money from one country to another, through tax fraud, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has accepted the withdrawal of a petition seeking to disqualify Yona Musinguzi from the Ntungamo Municipality parliamentary race.  The petition was filed by Edward Beyendeza, an independent candidate. He accuses Musinguzi of not resigning his government job 90 days towards …

Ntungamo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni has thanked her husband Yoweri Kaguta  Museveni for ‘not forgetting the people of Ntungamo’ by constructing all major roads leading to and out of the district. Speaking during a campaign meeting attended by NRM leaders from …

Nyowa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Two people were on Thursday injured and hospitalized in Nwoya and Amuru Districts following running battles between police and National Unity Platform – NUP party supporters. They include Zubeda Yasin, 26, a resident of Lorikwo West Cell in Elegu Town Council in Amuru and a …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Micheal Musiitwa Mugwanya, the first medic to succumb to COVID-19 in Kiboga district, has been eulogised as a person who turned around healthcare in the rural district of Kiboga. The Medic who developed symptoms of COVID-19 and ended in Intensive Care at Mulago National …