Elegu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has deployed technical support staff to roll out the Regional Electronic Cargo and Driver Tracking System at the Elegu Border post. Early this year, Elegu border became the epicentre of COVID-19 transmission in the country which was attributed to long-distance cargo …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom is set to launch a fundraising drive for Kitara Football Club, the newly promoted Uganda Premier league club.  The Hoima based team stormed Uganda’s top football tier after defeating Kiboga Young in the FUFA Big league playoffs. Kitara Football Club joined MYDA …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The South Sudan national football team have shocked Uganda Cranes 1-0 in a Group B 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier match played at the Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. Uganda Cranes needed a win to qualify directly for Africa’s biggest tournament, but a …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The emergence of the National Unity Platform- NUP party is threatening the dominance of Democratic Party-DP in Entebbe Municipality. The National Resistance Movement and DP have been the dominant political parties in the municipality.  According to records from the Electoral Commission, NUP has fielded 48 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on the government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia headed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to negotiate with the Tigray regional government in order to restore peace in Ethiopia.  Speaking today at Gulu State Lodge to a delegation headed …

Lyantonde, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT Presidential Candidate Gregory Mugisha Muntu has pledged to allocate 10 percent of the national budget to the Agriculture sector. Muntu, who was campaigning at Lyantonde district playground in Sunday, promised that if elected in office, his government will actualize the …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Supporters of National Resistance Movement-NRM have asked the party’s presidential candidate, President Museveni to fulfill his past pledges. Museveni will campaign in Gulu City on Monday before heading to neighbouring Kitgum District. However, Museveni faces a big hurdle to retain and attract more support over …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT presidential candidate, Gen. Gregg Mugisha Muntu postponed his planned campaign meeting in Kalangala citing transport complications. He, however, says the decision did not affect his planned campaign meetings in Kyotera and Rakai and those of Ssembabule, Bukomansimbi and Kalungu tomorrow. …

TODAY Uganda 0 (1) South Sudan 0 (0) #TotalAFCONQ2021 ✳ Onyango ✳ Wadada ✳ Galiwango ✳ Lwaliwa ✳ Awany ✳ Aucho ✳ Watambala ✳ Miya ✳ Okello ✳ Bayo ✳ Luwagga Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Victory for Uganda Cranes against South Sudan this afternoon at the Nyayo Stadium in …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kitgum municipal council has adopted the Public-Private Partnership in the management of garbage.  Emmanuel Banya, the Kitgum Municipal Town Clerk says that they are seeking services of private garbage collection companies to manage waste disposal within the municipality.   He says that the council is …