Serere, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation- ANT presidential candidate, Gen. Gregg Mugisha Muntu has promised to withdraw soldiers from Lake Kyoga once elected president in January.  The retired army boss says the presence of Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces- UPDF soldiers on lakes is a sign that …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Eliot L Engel, the chairperson of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs wants several Ugandan security officials sanctioned for human rights violations and brutalizing Ugandans.  They are Gen. Peter Elwelu, the Commander of Land Forces, Maj. Gen. James Birungi, Commander of the Special Forces …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been advised to work towards ensuring the full-scale reopening of all educational institutions.     In October schools reopened, but only for candidate classes, after more than six months of inactivity following the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the Ministry of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A second dose of the measles vaccine-MVC2 will be introduced by government next year as a strategy aimed at eliminating measles in the country. According to officials from the Uganda National Expanded Programme (UNEPI) with the introduction of another dose, medics will administer the first …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Development Partners with Anti-Corruption Agencies in the country have expressed concern about the delayed appointment of a substantive Inspector General of Government. This was carried in their statement presented by the United States Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown during the National Anti-corruption Conference 2020 …

The company now plans to rollout CDAP second phase that will include rural electrification, tree planting along R. Nile and improving water and sanitation facilities Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Electricity Generation Company executives have commissioned community development projects in Kayunga District in fulfilment of a promise made …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Independent Presidential Candidate, Nancy Linda Kalembe, has halted her campaigns over lack of funds.  Kalembe is seeking 125 to 150 Million Shillings to canvass for votes in the remaining 77 districts in 36 days.  Kalembe says that she needs the money to print posters, banners, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | High court has dismissed an application by city lawyer, Steven Kalali accusing Electoral Commission lawyers of forging his signature. Kalali ran to court accusing Eric Sabiiti and Hamidu Lugoloobi, both EC lawyers of forging his signature in a court document showing that he had consented …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 cases in a single day after 1,199 people tested positive for the disease on Wednesday. The new cases were part of 8,223 samples that were tested yesterday for the disease. This brings the total number of reported cases …

The Hague, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT |    Reigning Dutch champions Ajax were knocked out of UEFA Champions League Group D after losing 1-0 to Atalanta in Amsterdam on Wednesday. Ajax needed a win in the Johan Cruyff Arena to reach the knockout stage, while the visitors from Bergamo needed only …