Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Floods have cut off a feeder road between Mucwini sub county in Kitgum District and Padibe east sub-county in Lamwo district. This follows continuous heavy rainfall being experienced in the district that has forced Aringa stream in Pubec Parish, Mucwini Sub county to burst it’s banks.  …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | There was good news for FC Barcelona on Monday when tests showed that central defender Clement Lenglet has only suffered a minor groin injury and will be fit for their Champions League return leg game against Napoli on August 8. Lenglet was forced out of Barca’s …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | At his Roboto Academy in Tanta city in northern Egypt, 26-year-old mechatronic engineer Mahmoud el-Komy was testing Cira 02, a robot invented for the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection and post-infection medical care. Cira 02 female-like robot is all white, with a monitor on the chest that …

  Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Resistance Movement [NRM] Party is confident that it will win the next general election with a landslide, owing to the numbers of voters on its register.  Speaking at the party headquarters at Plot 10 Kyadondo Road in Kampala, Sam Engola, the party’s …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 720,622 on Monday morning, up nearly 20,000 from Sunday’s 701,573, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The number of deaths related to the pandemic rose to 15,082, Africa CDC said …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Namibia’s development expenditure of 90 billion Namibian dollars (5.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 30 years has strategically positioned it as a southern Africa transport and logistics hub following the expansion of the Walvis Bay port, a report released by the government on Sunday chronicling the country’s …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Three people were killed by their lovers in separate domestic brawls in Kampala Metropolitan area over the weekend. The deceased have been identified as Kassim Tumwine a resident of Kikaaya Parish, Kyebando, Sarah Mayiga, a resident of Maala Fishing Camp in Kome Sub County in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A new panel of Court of Appeal Justices has started hearing afresh an application by Lubaga South Legislator, Kato Lubwama seeking to block his voter Habib Buwembo from filing a petition for his dismissal from parliament for lack of the requisite academic qualifications. The new panel …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is probing a decision by the United Nations to sublease Uganda Police Land in Naguru to Used car dealers. The land which houses the Police Training School was offered by the government to the United Nations African Institute for …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Lenju LC 1 in Kigorobya Sub County in Hoima district are protesting the heavy deployment of Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers on their land. According to the residents, the soldiers were deployed in the area on Thursday last week. The soldiers have since …