Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation-WHO has applauded Uganda for maintaining the numbers in the routine vaccination exercise despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected vaccination in many countries. This follows the findings of a new report that shows that while 25 million children globally missed out on …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cleopus Bwesigye, a crime intelligence officer from the Kampala Metropolitan South headquarters at Katwe has died in a road crash together with his wife and three children on the Masaka-Kampala highway. The traffic police spokesperson, Faridah Nampiima explains that Bwesigye was traveling back to …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A private guard from Accurate Security Company Limited is on the run after allegedly robbing Sh8 million from an Indian businessman he was guarding.   The suspect has been identified as Amos Ecidu. He is wanted for robbing Indian businessman, Shintole Nisnant at gunpoint in Makanga village, …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Acholi cultural chiefs has petitioned President Yoweri Museveni demanding monthly emoluments. The chiefs under Ker Kwaro Acholi alias the Acholi Cultural Institution, say that whereas other cultural heads are getting monthly payments from the government, they have been neglected yet they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a somber mood in the slums of Kamwokya, a Kampala city suburb following the brutal murder of the area LC III councilor, James Kakooza. Unknown assailants assaulted Kakooza to death Saturday morning. Kakooza, who belongs to the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party, has …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited has denied being handed a monopoly over the coffee business in the country. This is part of the company’s defense in a suit filed by Henry Byansi and Michael Aboneka before the High Court Civil Division in Kampala. …

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies have arrested three more suspects in connection to the gruesome shooting and killing of Bukwo District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Robert Charles Ogwang along the Kampala-Gulu highway. Unknown assailants sprayed Ogwang with a volley of bullets on July 8th, 2022 on his …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira region police have arrested two suspected ringleaders of motorcycle theft in Jinja, Namutumba, Iganga, Luuka, and Bugiri districts. The suspects, who are in custody at Kakira central police station are Matiya Musana, a resident of Kinyolo village in Kakira town council, and Dennis Waiswa, …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Commission on Friday adopted a proposal for a seventh package of measures that will ban the importation of Russian gold. The proposal is part of a new set of measures that are intended to improve the implementation and effectiveness of the EU’s six earlier …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | The East African business watchdog called for deliberate actions to bring down the cost of transport and logistics to ensure exports compete at domestic and international levels. In a statement issued late Thursday, the East African Business Council (EABC) said EAC transport costs are …