Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Intermittent power supply in Kampala Metropolitan areas is affecting the operations of Closed Circuit Television -CCTV cameras. The Director Information and Communication Technology-ICT Uganda Police Force, Felix Baryamwisaki disclosed this while giving legislators a guided tour around the CCTV Command Centre at Naguru on Monday. He …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Farmers in Labongo Amida Sub County, Kitgum district have protested the exclusion from independently sourcing for service providers for a project being implemented under the Third Northern Uganda Social Action Fund- NUSAF-3. The group comprising of 60 farmers under Abilgiri Watershed received 70 million shillings …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Tear gas rocked Rubaya Sub County in Kabale district on Monday as police arrested two wetland encroachers. Cosmas Mutungi and Owen Barijunaki, both residents of Kihorongwa Village in Rubaya Sub County were accused of encroaching on 30 hectares of Kabari wetland on Lake Bunyonyi shores. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A Health Ministry official and Village council chairperson are in trouble in Tororo district over missing mosquito nets. Peter Issu, the Operations Manager in Charge of the Mosquito net distribution exercise in Western Division and Mary Lucy Awori, the Water Village LC I Chairperson were …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Countries are not doing enough to stop the spread of COVID-19, this is according to the World Health Organization-WHO. This comes as the world is experiencing an increase in the number of cases that are reported daily globally. Data from WHO shows that by Monday …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Barcelona have exercised an option to sign teenage forward Gustavo Maia from Brazil’s Sao Paulo, according to media reports in the South American country. The Catalan club paid one million euros (1.1 million U.S. dollars) to acquire the right of first refusal for Maia in March, …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a phone conversation on Monday, discussing the preparations for a summit among the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The two …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Inter Milan moved into second place in Serie A after completing a strong comeback win to defeat Torino 3-1 at home on Monday. Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic’s howler allowed Andrea Belotti to score the opener, but the Nerazzurri fought back to end a two-game winless run. …

Nevin Bradford has been the Chief Executive Officer for Cipla Quality Chemical Ltd since November 2013. The Independent’s Julius Businge interviewed him about their COVID-19 experience and general company operations.  What has been your general business experience since March 2020 when the government of Uganda joined the rest of the …

John Walugembe is the Executive Director for Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises, an umbrella body for SMEs in Uganda. The Independent’s Julius Businge had an interview him on the impact of COVID-19 on SMEs. What major milestones has the federation recorded since its establishment? The Federation was established in …