Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly constituted council of Lira City has set their target to develop marketing and value addition of agricultural products for development. Lira, having many small scale industries and agro processing factories mostly dealing in oil seed was created as a commercial and industrial city.  With …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A year since the commencement of the Presidential Initiative on Wealth Creation dubbed Emyooga, the initiative has so far disbursed Shs 200 billion to SACCOs for online disbursement to the parish-based group.  However, many would be beneficiaries say they have not yet received the money, …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Peter Ssenkungu, the National Resistance Movement-NRM party Chairperson for Masaka District has lost the bid to become Speaker.  Ssenkungu who is the Male Workers representative to the district council had expressed interest in becoming the Masaka district council Speaker.  However he was defeated by National …

Kasese , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Joint Medical Stores -JMS has donated an oxygen concentrator and a fetal doppler to Kilembe Mines Hospital in Kasese Municipality in an effort to improve health services at the facility. A fetal doppler monitors a baby when still in the mothers’ uterus. The hospital …

Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  James Patrick Manyenye Ntozi, a retired and highly celebrated Professor of population studies at Makerere University has died.   Arthur Ntozi, a son to the deceased, says that the Professor breathed his last this afternoon from Naalya, Wakiso District. He had been diagnosed with stage …

Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  At least 33 media houses have jointly sued the government and Kampala Capital City Authority challenging double taxation on trading licences despite numerous court decisions declaring such actions illegal. The media houses are Radio One, Akaboozi, Radio Simba, Basoga Baino FM, Digida, Buddu FM, …

Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Three members-elect of the 11th parliament repeated their oaths today after faulting in the initial oaths administered at Parliament earlier.  They include Bubulo East MP John Musila who used the Rastafarian word ‘Jah’ instead of God, Hoima City MP Asinansi Nyakato who used Commander …

Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s long-distance runner Jacob Kiplimo has today scooped the 10,000m race at Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic The 20-year-old posted a Personal Best of 26:33:93 to beat his closest competitor Birhanu Balew of Bahrain who came second clocking 27:07:49 and Italian LLiass …

Jinja , Uganda | Julius Businge |  Eskom Uganda has improved Jinja city after investing Shs233million in lighting up the area. It said in notice shared with The Independent that it had handed over 31 solar streetlights, installed on Gabula Street to the Jinja City leadership. This investment is part of …

Berlin, Germany |THE INDEPENDENT|  Delicate staffing decisions have triggered a storm of indignation among Bayern Munich fans. After the departure of head coach Hansi Flick and team icons David Alaba, Jerome Boateng, and Javi Martinez, the club’s fan heroes and assistant coaches Miroslav Klose and Hermann Gerland are leaving in …