Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Several sugarcane traders are stuck in Busia town following Kenya’s ban on the importation of sugarcane from Uganda. Kenya’s Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, Peter Munya recently announced a total ban on the importation of Sugar cane from Uganda, which took effect on Thursday last week. Over …

Kwania, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Government has set 27 July as the date for resuming fishing activities on Lake Kyoga and Lake Kwania. In April 2019, the government suspended fishing following a request by Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organisation (LAKIMO) following concerns of depletion of fish species due to poor …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Kiira region is hunting for Yasin Wandera, a private guard who allegedly battered his Seven-year-old son Halid Mwima, and broke his left thigh bone.  Mwima, a resident of Lwanda village in Northern division, Jinja city is currently nursing wounds at Jinja regional referral …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandan health facilities are poorly equipped to offer emergency services according to a study carried out by Makerere University School of Public Health. The survey which centred on finding out the state of emergency medical care services in Uganda was conducted in 111 health facilities …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Media owners and managers from the countryside have appealed to parliament to reign-in on the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to scrap the requirement of offering free airtime for government programs.  UCC guidelines issued in 2014 require all licensed radio and television stations to broadcast …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A group of youths  stormed the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party offices in Kasese District on Tuesday,  contesting the withdrawal of nomination forms issued to Busongora South MP Mbaju Jackson Kathika. The youth accused the commission and FDC area leaders of plotting to block their …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two police officers in Gulu were hospitalized at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital last evening after an attack by a gang of suspected car robbers. The officers; Corporal Andrew Mulyamboga, the Officer-in-charge of Paicho Police Station and his associate Detective Corporal Menya had responded to a …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Non-Governmental Organizations under their umbrella Uganda National NGO Forum have asked the  Electoral Commission to expand the means through which candidates will campaign in forthcoming elections. The NGOs say that the media landscape and ownership in Uganda cannot allow the use of the media as …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has declined to assent to the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets (Amendment) Act, 2020.  The Act passed on February 21, 2020, was aimed at reducing bureaucracies  as well as ensuring efficacy and transparency in the procurement of public assets The Act …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  High Court has issued orders restraining warring parties feuding over land in Kansanga Kiwafu B and Heritage zones in Makindye division in Kampala from carrying out any physical developments.    The order affects more than 300 occupants on the disputed land. The group is feuding …