Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kabale district has finally started providing free long term family planning services at Health Centre III and IV. The facilities were initially providing short term methods like condoms and contraceptives to people in need, while those who needed long term services were referred to Kabale …

United Nations, USA | XINHUA |   United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the Caribbean community (CARICOM) to make great efforts to build greener, bluer, and inclusive economies in the post-COVID-19 recovery. The UN chief virtually told the 41st regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 cases of forged signatures, academic papers and other nomination documents, are being investigated by the Electoral and Political offences desk at the Criminal Investigations Directorate- CID. A detective at CID told URN that several people have lodged complaints accusing nominated candidates of …

Houston, USA | XINHUA |    Over half a million people were without power in the U.S. state of Louisiana after Category 2 Hurricane Zeta made landfall Wednesday afternoon along the Gulf Coast, authorities said Thursday. At the peak, about 531,000 people were without power in the state, Louisiana governor’s office …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda National Roads Authority- UNRA has started repairing a section of the Kabale-Kisoro road in Hamurwa sub-county, Rubanda district. The section at Hakagyezi which measures half a kilometre caused a public uproar after the users accused UNRA of keeping a deaf ear about the …

Moyo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Ferry services between Laropi in Moyo and Umi in Adjumani districts are threatened by increasing water levels, which have since submerged the docking piers and Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA offices adjacent to the landing site.  Several passengers travelling from Adjumani to Moyo were reportedly stranded …

Ntungamo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of the Natural Resources Committee of Parliament have questioned continued power interruptions in the country in contrast to uninterrupted power exports. The MPs who were on a field trip to Western Uganda to ascertain the level of electricity penetration in the area,  expressed the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom, Charles Peter Mayiga has praised the late Pastor Augustine Yiga for being a selfless and hardworking man.  Mayiga says that Pastor Yiga started as a humble man, but his spirit of self-belief led him to achieve a lot of things …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Court assessors have advised Court in Entebbe to convict a car robbery suspect Jaludi Kaweesi. Kaweesi was arrested after he was found in possession of a stolen car, a white Spacio number UAV 869M belonging to Madhusi Olubora at a garage in Ndeeba. Olubora, aged …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Universities are not adhering to the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures- SOPs.  Last month, President Museveni ordered for the commencement of learning for candidates in Primary seven, senior four, senior six and finalists in tertiary institutions and universities. The learners reported to their respective schools on …