Rukungiri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  National Resistance Movement-NRM party supporters and leaders in Rukungiri district clashed on Sunday during the launch of a pressure group dubbed Team 1 (YKM) Sevolution.        The pressure group that is led by Moses Karangwa, the Kayunga District NRM Chairperson, Mbarara NRM Women …

Bukomansimbi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police have broken up a campaign meeting organised by National Unity Platform-NUP parliamentary candidates in Bukomansimbi district.   On Friday evening, NUP candidates for various political positions in Bukomansimbi organized a joint campaign rally at Kawoko playground in Butenga Sub County where they received several defectors …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union has again threatened industrial action following their botched meeting to discuss their allowances on Thursday.    Justus Cherop Kiplangat, the President of the Union says they went to the Ministry of Public Service to alert the Minister and Permanent Secretary about …

 Tororo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate, Nancy Kalembe has promised to improve the road network in Tororo District.   Kalembe, who was campaigning at the Lions Park in Tororo town on Friday evening, told voters that she would concentrate on fixing the bad roads in the district that have …

Nwoya, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A Kampala bound coach belonging to KKT Bus Company from Paidha in Zombo district has caught fire and burnt to ashes. The bus registration number UAM 360M burst in flames on Friday afternoon near Agung trading center in Nwoya district reducing passenger’s property worth millions …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Arcades and shopping malls in the Kampala Central Business have abandoned the Standard Operating Procedures- SOPs put in place by the government to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In July, while reopening arcades and shopping malls following three months of closure, president, Yoweri …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police have foiled the last campaign meeting of the Democratic Party presidential candidate, Norbert Mao in Kasese town. Mao had planned to hold his last campaign meeting at Kilembe quarters on Friday evening before living the district but found the venue sealed off by police led …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There are mixed reactions over the proposal by Kampala Capital City Authority -KCCA to take over the management of 16 city markets. The markets were placed under the management of vendors following president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s directive in 2006 while others were leased to the …

Dokolo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Party presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat cancelled his campaigns in Dokolo on Friday to allow for the peaceful burial of Margret Alyek Okello, the sister to the FDC Northern Uganda Vice Chairperson, John Baptist Okello Okello. Instead of holding his campaign, …

Apaa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA rangers have shot dead a truck driver and injured two others in the disputed Apaa area in Amuru district. Mauriam Abwola, the Apaa Village LC I Chairperson, says the shooting followed a scuffle between the driver identified as Dennis Opio, UWA and …