Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Blood Transfusion Service (UBTS) has called for enactment of a law to stop staff from public and private health facilities from selling blood to the public because it hinders blood collection. Samuel Davis Wante, a Clinical Team Leader at Nakasero Blood Bank …

Beijing, China | Xinhua |  A fan group of Serbian football club Red Star Belgrade on Thursday used banners in a game to list U.S.-led NATO interventions over the past decades. One of the banners read a line from Beatles songwriter John Lennon’s anti-war song: “All we are saying is …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security forces have warned the elders of Karamoja against using traditional gatherings known as ‘’Akiriket’ to mobilise youth for rearmament and and plan revenge attacks against those raiding their animals. Akiriket is a traditional shrine where elders in Karamoja meet and invoke their gods …

✳ March 1965 – March 2022 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed the death of Uganda’s Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, who has been in hospital for over a month in Seattle, USA, “It is with a lot of sadness that I announce the death …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of unidentified armed men on Saturday night kidnapped a man in Luwero district. The victim has been identified as Umar Kabonge Ajobe, a resident of Kasana-Piida in Luwero Town Council. Recounting the ordeal, the victim’s wife says a Toyota Hiace infamously known …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has launched the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan, a disaster preparedness and management framework, in case of an oil spillage incident in the industry. The plan is aimed at preventing or managing disasters that may arise when a liquid or semi-liquid petroleum …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than half of the patients who visit Ugandan hospitals have to wait for more than an hour before they can see a health worker only to be told there’s no medicine or equipment to assist in their diagnosis, according to a survey …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority- UCAA says passenger numbers at Entebbe International Airport are increasing steadily due to the easing of global travel restrictions. According to Fred Bamwesigye, the Director General of UCAA, 110,547 passengers were recorded in January 2022. Of these, 62,677 were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Division of High Court in Kampala has ordered the Immigration office to give people of Somali origin citizenship as long as they fulfill requirements of the law. The judgment issued through email by Justice Musa Ssekaana arises from a case filed in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nnabagereka of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda has appealed to women to lead the fight to preserve the environment. The Nnabagereka was on Friday speaking to hundreds of women from 16 of Buganda’s 18 counties in Bulange Mengo as the Kingdom commemorated the Buganda Women’s …