Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) has said it is not yet ready to resume passenger train services due to ongoing works to ensure observing the COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures. The passenger train service was shut down in March this year following the outbreak of COVID-19, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Activists are calling for easing of restrictions on dispensing abortion drug mifepristone, as the world commemorates international safe abortion day. The day is marked on September 28, every year to remind the world of women’s right to access safe and legal abortion. It is based …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Two men were killed violently on the weekend in two wrong places in Kampala Metropolitan Area. In Nansana, a man was killed in a bar though all bars in the country are supposed to be closed due to the covid-pandemic, while in Wampewo, another man …

  Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda police Force-UPF has sanctioned four charges against two body guards of Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobwine who have been detained at Wandegeya police station since Friday. Although police arrested them basing on ‘only’ one offence of assaulting police officers on duty, force …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The fire which gutted vitafoam mattress factory in Njeru Municipality Buikwe district on Monday morning ruined the main mattress production departments at the plant. Although police and the factory management have not yet ascertained the cost of damages caused by the fire, a store with …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kawempe Police Division has launched a manhunt for three suspects who escaped from custody at Kawanda Police Post.  Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire said the suspects, took advantage of a security lapse and broke out of the cells, through the window. The escapees …

Sembabule, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There is growing uncertainty on the fate of National Resistance Movement-NRM candidates for Rugusuulu sub-county in Sembabule district, as the party’s Electoral Commission delays to release results of primary polls conducted more than a week ago. The NRM conducted party primaries to choose candidates for …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign Benfica’s 23-year-old central defender Ruben Diaz for 65 million pounds (83.4 million US dollars), with a further four million dollars in incentives. The Portuguese club have confirmed the move, which will see Nicolas Otamendi move in the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The right to access to information in Uganda has been curtailed due to deficient implementation of the Access to Information Law Enacted in Uganda almost 16-years ago.  As the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) marks the 2020 International Day for Universal Access to …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Agricultural Advisory services- NAADs has embarked on a two-weeks verification of the Atiak Sugar Project beneficiaries’ exercise. The exercise targeting about 2,500 farmers from Amuru, Lamwo, Gulu and Adjumani districts under Gem Pacilo cooperative Society started today and is expected to end by …