Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Four districts in West Nile region are grappling with the rising cases of teenage pregnancies as families continue battling the effects of the lockdown. Most of the affected girls are school-going children ranging between 14 to 18 years of age living with a single parent …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Institutes for Health (NIH) has embarked on a new phase III study where they are testing the effectiveness of three drugs that help to activate, boost, or restore normal immune function after the virus has damaged the immune system. These drugs are also …

Tororo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Tororo district are holding 25 vendors who were arrested for allegedly staging illegal demonstrations in Tororo town. The vendors closed their lock ups in demands for the proper management of the park including payment of utilities, among others. The 25 vendors were arrested …

Luwero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces-UPDF soldiers and a farmer have been remanded to Makindye Military Police barracks for murder.  Private Sadiki Olobo attached to the Special Forces Command-SFC, Private Jackson Apiku a soldier attached to Air-boat School Nakasongola and Richard Sebina Ssekitoleko are accused of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Water and Environment has restored a laughable 6.644.939 hectares of targeted wetlands between financial years 2012/2013 and 2019/2020. This is a percentage of 0.0095% wetlands restored of the 70,000 hectares’ (760 km) target set by the year 2030. 18 out 22 districts …

Kikube, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Fishermen in Hoima and Kikuube districts are demanding the immediate release of their colleagues who were abducted by suspected Congolese Militiamen from Lake Albert waters.   The sixteen Ugandan fishermen were abducted by the militiamen at gunpoint near Kaiso and Kijangi landing sites in Buseruka sub-county …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The former Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu is expected to get a life peerage after the government of the United Kingdom was accused of institutional prejudice for failing to honour him. As an archbishop, Dr Sentamu- first black Archbishop in Britain, was among the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Joint Security Task Force has given a 5-day ultimatum to families of deceased security officers to surrender all ceremonial uniforms that were given to their departed relatives. This is part of ongoing efforts to recover military and police wear from civilians.         …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization is advising governments and people everywhere not to let their guard down, for the benefit of those hospitalized, or working on the front line of the battle to end the COVID-19 pandemic, as COVID-19 cases continue to accelerate. “I know there’s …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Electoral Commission has said that several aspiring presidential candidates are submitting forged signatures of supporters supporting their nomination.  Speaking to Uganda Radio Network, at his office on Jinja Road in Kampala, Paul Bukenya, the acting spokesperson of the Electoral Commission said that although 14 …