Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested, Bashir Katamba, on accusations of defrauding 50 million shillings and impersonating James Ruhweza, the personal assistant to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Muzeeyi Sabiiti. Ruhweza is the former Kampala Metropolitan operations commander and now commands Civil Aviation Police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has said that the army and police have the capacity to combat any threat. Museveni was on Thursday speaking during the State of National Address at Serena Hotel. He says the recently concluded Uganda Martyrs Day Celebrations were peacefully held, despite the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the opposition have said that President Yoweri Museveni’s silence on the ongoing conflict between Uganda and Rwanda is a disturbing development. They argue that President Museveni’s State of the Nation address, delivered this evening, was inadequate and merely ceremonial because it left …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Forced out of the Copa America by injury, star striker Neymar faces an uncertain playing future in Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil where he is engulfed in an alleged rape scandal. Neymar vehemently denies the accusation, which has dominated headlines and dogged Brazil’s preparations for …

Montreal, Canada | AFP | Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday Formula One should be a much greater physical challenge for the drivers and they should be as tired as long-distance runners at the end of a Grand Prix. “I could do two or three races in a row and Formula One …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the Minister for East African Community Affairs Kirunda Kivejinja to contact families of the Kenyan pilgrims who were knocked dead in Uganda two weeks ago, for possible compensation. Four Kenyans were knocked dead by a hit and run commuter …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered Makerere University to pay an accumulated water bill of 1.2billion shillings. According to the Directorate of Estates and Works the bill accumulated from March 2014 – March 2019. Last month, the Directorate of Estates and Works …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is now equivalent to $800, President Yoweri Museveni stated in his State of the Nation Address this afternoon. Uganda’s  Gross Domestic Product per capita was last recorded at $666.61 in 2017. It averaged 439.43 USD from 1982 …

Berlin, Germany | AFP | The man believed to be post-war Germany’s worst serial killer was known to colleagues as a “nice guy” who did little to arouse suspicion until well into his murder spree. A court in the northern city of Oldenburg sentenced Niels Hoegel, 42, a heavy-set, second-generation caregiver, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda might take longer to achieve universal health coverage through a national health insurance scheme. This is according to Commissioner in Charge of Planning at the Ministry of Health Dr Sarah Byakika. “You cannot achieve health insurance for all in one year. Even those …