Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A victim of cybercrime in Gulu is demanding five million Shillings compensation for the harassment, financial harm or emotional trauma she has suffered. Sarah Amito, 26, a resident of Te-Gwana Parish in Gulu East City Division alleges that after she and her six other old school …
Read More »Names deleted from NRM register in Mityana
Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several names of National Resistance Movement (NRM) party voters in Kakindu Sub County, Mityana district have been deleted from the party register and replaced with new ones. This has caused tension among village registrars who claim ignorance about how the new names were included in …
Read More »Electromax rushes to install four more thermal generators in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electromax Tororo has delivered four additional generators to Arua, bringing to eight the number of generators in the district. The four generators with the capacity of producing one Megawatt each were delivered to Arua from Tororo over the weekend. According to reports, 1 million litres …
Read More »UCU vice chancellor roots for an industrial park on Ntaawo land
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Aaron Mushengyezi, the new Vice-Chancellor of Uganda Christian University, Mukono is fronting the establishment of an industrial park on the controversial Church land at Ntaawo, in Mukono Central Division. The land measuring about 649 acres was donated to Bishop Tucker Theological College in 1939 …
Read More »Ghana to resume international flights amid COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced here on Sunday that the country is going to resume international flights on Sept.1 after a nearly five-month suspension. In the meantime, the West African country’s land and sea entry points would remain closed, the president said. Akufo-Addo …
Read More »Pompeo’s Mideast trip hits snag as Arab states cautious about relations with Israel
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent Middle East trip hit a snag as the Arab nations he visited remained cautious about normalizing ties with Israel following the United Arab Emirates’ historic move, analysts say. Pompeo has recently wrapped up a five-day trip to the …
Read More »MP Musasizi’s escort accused of battering voters in Rubanda
Rubandaa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two supporters of Rubanda East parliamentary aspirant Kenneth Jogo Biryabarema are nursing injuries at Kabale Hospital. The two were reportedly battered by Joseph Awor, an escort to the incumbent area MP Henry Ariganyira Musasizi. Awor who is attached to Counter-Terrorism Police Department is alleged to …
Read More »Kenya’s Olympic champion Kipyegon determined to break record in Brussels
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Faith Kipyegon has perfected her craft as a world-class middle-distance runner. The decorated Kenyan runner has collected 14 medals in last 10 years and now wants a world record in Brussels’s AG Memorial Van Damme Diamond League to be held on September 4. At her …
Read More »Nutritionists seek guidelines on diets to beat COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been tasked to advise Ugandans on the most appropriate foods they should take to keep coronavirus diseases like COVID-19 at bay. David Kabanda, a lawyer working with the Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights, says that while it’s scientifically proven that …
Read More »FDC struggles without Besigye
Pundits offer party ideas on 2021 elections and Besigye’s Plan B Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s biggest opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) will have a weak candidate on the presidency ballot in 2021, according to pundits who have spoken to The Independent. The comments followed party …
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