Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has returned a file in which a Soroti based lawyer Leonard Otee is pursuing the prosecution of Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa over the repatriation of Businessman Ben Kabuya’s family during the COVID-19 lockdown.  Three members of Kavuya’s family travelled …

Bukedea, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Bukedea authorities have turned away more than 200 traders of non- food items from Bukedea main market. A team of police officers and Local Defense Unit- LDU staged at the entrance of the weekly market on Monday morning and turned away traders who had traveled …

Nakaseke, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Biddabugya Health Center III in Nakaseke District has resumed admitting patients fifteen years after it had scaled down operations.   The facility was constructed in 1988 to offer health services to residents of Kasangombe sub-county and other neighboring sub-counties. However, in 2005, the facility scaled down …

Mitooma, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Mitooma Police are investigating circumstances under, which unidentified people dropped an empty coffin in the compound of Arthur Atwebembeire Kazoora, one of the candidates contesting for the National Resistance Movement party ticket for Ruhinda South Constituency.    The coffin was found dumped at Kazoora’s residence …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community integration project will emerge bruised but push ahead when the coronavirus pandemic is finally controlled despite contradictions at the moment pitting one partner state over the other, watchers have said. This comes after several bust-ups among the states, the latest being …

Kamuli, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Kigulu South Member of Parliament, Andrew Kaluya was released on police bond on Monday evening. Kaluya was arrested on Sunday alongside his supporters who clashed with loyalists to his opponent, Milton Muwuma. It is alleged that the 30 minutes clash between supporters of the …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday cautioned Kenya against relaxing measures aimed at containing the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO said in a statement issued in Nairobi that the decline in the number of total confirmed symptomatic and asymptomatic cases in the last three weeks is …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Candidates vying for Mbale City Industrial Division Mayor’s National Resistance Movement-NRM party ticket want Muhamood Masaba Mutenyo, the Mbale District NRM chairperson ejected from the race.  They contend that the candidature of Mutenyo who is contesting against them compromises the fairness of the polls.    …

Kwania, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district has registered its maiden Covid19 positive case. The positive case is a 40-year-old male resident of Agolowelo Village Amorigoga parish in Abongomola Sub County and an employee of Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA.    The patient was intercepted at Dokolo-Kwania border when his results …

Sembabule, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM party in Sembabule district is locked in disagreements ahead of the party primary polls slated for Friday, September 4. Parrty members will be choosing candidates for Parliamentary constituencies and the district leadership.  In preparation for the exercise, the party is in …