Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The National Unity Platform-NUP candidate for Makindye West parliamentary seat, Allan Aloysius Sewanyana is in police custody for staging a procession contrary to the COVID19 preventive guidelines. He was intercepted by officers from the Kampala South Regional Police headquarters at Katwe trading center and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kampala Capital City Authority is losing over Shillings 14 billion in property rates from premises being used by their owners. According to the property rates evaluation exercise conducted between 2016 and 2019, Makindye division has the highest property rate tax potential from owner occupied …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kira municipality Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has been driven back to his home in Kirinnya – Bukasa immediately after he was nominated to contest for the same seat in next year’s elections. Ssemujju who defied the ban by the Electoral Commission on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   More Ugandans are washing hands with soap than before. New data from Twaweza’s Sauti za Wananchisurvey says access to hand washing facilities with either water or soap has increased remarkably in most parts of 2020 compared to last last year. The increase ins hand …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The National Unit Platform – NUP spokesperson, Joel Ssenyonyi, NRM’s Margret Zziwa and Kenneth Paul Kakande have been nominated for the Nakawa West MP seat.  They were nominated on Thursday by Fredrick Muwaya Tibakuno, the Kampala District Returning Officer.     Zziwa said her major …

 Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Schools have today re-opened with many adhering to the Standard Operating Procedures- SOPs issued by the Ministry of Education.  The schools and tertiary institutions were closed in March following the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.  Last month, President Museveni okayed the reopening of the schools …

    Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Ministry of Health has said 67 percent of Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis – MDRT cases are not being detected in the country. Figures from the health ministry show that 80,000 Ugandans are infected with TB annually. With one in every 100 …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   A security guard at Crested Crane Hotel in Jinja City has been shot dead.  The incident happened on Wednesday night at 9:30 pm at the hotel’s new site under construction located along Nalufenya Road.   The guard only identified as Mawa and attached to Hash …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Electoral Commission has made exceptions in nominations for Parliamentary aspirants prioritizing those with emergencies. Aspirants from the five divisions of Kawempe, Lubaga, Nakawa, Makindye and Kampala central started arriving at the Electoral Commission Offices in Ntinda, as early as 7 a.m., in line …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Electoral Commission has warned parliamentary aspirants who are going to be nominated today and Friday against ferrying supporters at nomination venues.  Speaking to Uganda Radio Network -URN, Paul Bukenya, the spokesperson of the Electoral Commission said that law enforcement officers are ready to …