Bushenyi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Retired educationist, Joram Ruranga Tibasiimwa is the National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidate for the position of the Western region older person’s parliamentary slot.  He was declared the winner by the NRM Electoral Commission Chairperson, Dr. Tanga Odoi on Sunday following the primary elections held …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Laura Kanushu is the National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidate for the position of National Woman Member of Parliament for People with Disabilities.  The NRM Electoral Commission Chairperson, Dr. Tanga Odoi declared Kanushu winner of the primary elections held on Saturday. According to the results, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Investigating officers have made damning findings of possible treacherous complicity by prisons officers that made the mass escape from Moroto Prison possible, Uganda Radio Network can reveal. URN has learnt that Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID has thus recommended the prosecution of five Moroto prisons officers …

BEIJING, CHINA | XINHUA |   Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton equaled Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Formula 1 Grand Prix wins with victory in Sunday’s Eifel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring in Germany. Hamilton’s win also saw him take a giant step towards his seventh F1 world championship, as his teammate …

WASHINGTON,USA | XINHUA |   U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that he is now “immune” from the coronavirus, though medical research has suggested it is possible to be reinfected with the virus. “It seems like I’m immune, so I can go way out of a basement,” Trump said in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   School administrators have been pushed against the wall by the Ministry of Education’s directive that blocks teachers from part-timing in multiple schools. The decades-old model that enables private schools to affordably access skills of the best, experienced teachers without paying full salaries is also falling victim …

Montevideo, Uruguay | XINHUA |   A stoppage-time goal from Valencia striker Maxi Gomez gave Uruguay a dramatic 2-1 home victory over Chile in their opening South American zone World Cup qualifier on Thursday. Gomez came off the bench in the 87th minute and struck six minutes later by controlling Francisco …

Luwero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Democratic Party has registered another setback after the District and Town Councils’ Party Executive committee leaders in Luwero district defected to National Unity Platform. Luwero district was a DP stronghold until the National Resistance Army-NRA launched a guerilla war in the area between …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  High Court in Kampala has ordered Uganda Land Commission to pay more than one billion shillings to a man whose land fell under the Land Fund Program for compensation of the absentee Landlords.  The order was made by Justice Musa Ssekaana after a successful …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  “With the advancement of information technology will come more sophisticated crime”. This and other related statements are commonly used by even those who advance the need for a digitally-led society.  This, therefore, means that the advancement in IT is a necessary evil, which will …