Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Motorists and Fort Portal municipal council authorities have accused the company contracted to collect street parking fees of flouting the Memorandum of Understanding – MoU. In August Fort Portal municipal council awarded the street parking tender to Woodfix Technical Services to collect local revenue on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Uganda People’s Defence Force has embarked on the mobilization and documentation of all crime preventers across the country. Commander of the Reserve Force, Lieutenant General Charles Otema Awany and Chief of Defence Force, Gen David Muhoozi are coordinating the exercise.. During the exercise, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The poor quality of hives used by farmers in the Rwenzori region is affecting beekeeping. Most of the farmers use traditional beehives made of logs, banana fibres, mud and straw, gourd, woven grass or clay pots and are small in size. Eliezer Magezi is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The long-awaited panty condom might be on the market within the next six months. The panty condom, which was brought into the country about two years ago had remained unused, to allow the National Drug Authority (NDA) time to prove that it’s fit for …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE  | “We are very many players in this sector. We are all trying to do many things that we do best. We are scattered. We need to work together because we are working for the same objective.” This quote summarizes what Richard Zulu, an official from …

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa  | Government and development partners have launched a Shs. 36 Billion health project at Koch, Goma health centre in Nwoya district. The project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Belgian development agency, Enabel and the ministry of …

What can be done about it? Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Health professionals are ethically obliged to attend to someone presenting an emergency, says Dr. Apollo Odeke Epuwatt a Physician at Mulago hospital. But when someone comes to the hospital not presenting an emergency, it is up to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Two registered owners of the disputed land in Wakiso district facing investigations at the Land Commission of Inquiry for selling to government land with encumbrances have refused to refund 7.4 Billion shillings paid to them. They are Paul Bukenya and Engineer Dick Lutaya, both …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Omoro district LCV chairperson, Douglas Peter Okello Okao has been summoned by the Inspectorate of Government over alleged abuse of office. On October 11th, Geoffrey Matovu, the regional inspectorate officer wrote a letter to Okao following complaints from a whistle-blower that Okao received funds …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Dozens of policemen in the greater Masaka policing sub-region are undergoing refresher training on crowd management and other policing techniques. The officers drawn from The Field Force and Anti-Riot Police Units in the nine districts of greater Masaka region are converging at Masaka police …