Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has joined parliament to demand government’s intervention to help clear Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB registration fees for candidates in private schools.  At the beginning of this month, Parliament passed a resolution urging the government to meet the cost of …

Jinja , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Jinja City has finalized the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Chinese city of Shenyang that will promote common prosperity and development of the two cities. This comes after only four months of being declared a city by government. According to the five-year …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has slammed the Kampala Ministry for asking politicians to seek clearance from Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA before running their campaign drives and displaying campaign posters. Lukwago told journalists at City hall on Monday afternoon that KCCA has no legal mandate to …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Acholi Sub Region are concerned with the increasing number of murder cases being registered. In the past three weeks, at least 8 murder cases have been registered in the region. The latest is of one Kenneth Ogwang who Police say axed his wife …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, has promoted policeman and athlete Joshua Cheptegei to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of police. Police spokesman Fred Enanga, announced the promotion on Monday morning. Cheptegei has been promoted in honour of his recent achievements at the  …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Eighty workers of Mbale School of the Deaf have been suspended indefinitely for demanding their salary arrears for the past 13 months and appointment letters. The affected include teachers, guards, cleaners, and cooks who are not on the government payroll.   James Mwayafu, one of the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A boiling container powered by solar energy has eased life for communities without adequate energy in different parts of the country. Users can now avoid catching diseases like typhoid fever, cholera and Hepatitis A or E, and by boiling water they can get rid of …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The inauguration of the purported newly elected Bamasaba cultural leader alias Umukuka Mike Mudoma has hit a snag due to none clearance from the Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry.   Mudoma was purportedly elected three weeks ago by a faction of Bamasaba clan leaders led …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Unity Platform (NUP) has officially unveiled Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert also known as Bobi Wine, the party presidential flag bear’s official campaign poster which has no red beret. The unveiled campaign poster has the face of NUP presidential flag bearer Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The former Bubulo West Member of Parliament, Tonny Nsubuga Kipoi has been re-arrested in Botswana, a month after being acquitted of treason charges in Uganda. A story in The Monitor Newspaper of Botswana indicates that Kipoi is locked up at Urban Police Station Gaborone following …