Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Flying Squad Unit –FSU operatives are hunting for two caretakers suspected to have strangled, to death Med Kahuuma, a Tuberculosis-TB patient. Kahuuma, according to Deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, was being taken care of by Edgar and Mark. The suspicious death was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The results of 56 candidates who sat the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) examinations have been cancelled by the examinations body due to malpractices. Onesmus Oyesigye, the Board’s Executive Secretary revealed this on Thursday at the release of results for the final …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A dispute between Lira Municipal Council authority and the town Clerk, Samuel Ahabwe is threatening the implementation of the Uganda Support to Municipality Infrastructural Development-USMID. Last week, Lira municipality councillors asked the Local Government Ministry to transfer Ahabwe accusing him of failing to implement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has said that a recent recommendation by the Commonwealth Conference to adopt post-legislative scrutiny would be discussed further to see whether Uganda should adopt the practice. Kadaga was on Thursday addressing journalists through a tweet chat on the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has started distributing vaccines for the upcoming Polio, Measles and Rubella immunization campaign. 20 million doses of measles-rubella vaccine and 10 million doses of polio vaccines have been procured for the exercise that kicks off on Wednesday, October 16th and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has said that she does not know the exact number of vehicles that were procured for the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. Kadaga was on Thursday responding to questions raised by journalists and members of the public in a …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Owing to the stigma around mental health that some people stay away from seeking care, a local NGO is developing an app that helps link users with service providers and also enable them share their stories without revealing their identity. Pat Robert Larubi, …

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea on Thursday slammed a statement by European UN Security Council members urging strict enforcement of sanctions against Pyongyang for its latest missile test, calling the move a “serious provocation”. Pyongyang fired a sea-launched missile on October 2 in the latest — and most …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers at Uganda Martyrs University’s in Nkozi in Mpigi district have finalized research into effective means through, which farmers can use black soldier fly larvae to replace silver fish and soya beans as the main source of protein in animal feed production. The research …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An Audit Committee has exposed irregularities in the operations of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) and asked the Bureau, the top administrative unit to urgently resolve the cases. The Committee on Audit and Public Accounts (CAPA) observes that the non-compliance of PAP with the …