Nearly 50% of orphaned children live with their grandparents  COMMENT | LYDIA MIREMBE | Recently I was riding in a taxi, enduring Kampala’s evening traffic jam, as motorists and cyclists crisscrossed between lanes, taking advantage of every available space to pull forward. Suddenly I heard the driver of our taxi shouting …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four of the six people jointly charged with Tabula Lujja, the prime suspect in the murder of Ndiga Clan head Lwomwa Daniel Bbosa Kakeedo, have asked the Mwanga II Magistrates Court to release them, now that the key suspect has been apprehended. …

New ULS Presdent Ssemakadde takes oath, says ULS cannot be part of the government, nor can it be a tool or a branch of the government. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new President of the Uganda Law Society (ULS), Isaac Kimaze Ssemakadde, has been sworn in, saying ” Being …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of education and Sports has issued guidelines and standard operating procedures aimed at preventing the spread of Mpox (monkeypox) in educational institutions. In a circular addressed to all heads of institutions and other stakeholders, Dr Kedrace Turyagyenda, the new permanent secretary at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has reechoed its efforts in promoting coffee growing in Northern Uganda as it aims to achieve its ambitious plans of producing 20 million bags of coffee by 2030. Eunice Kabibi, the acting Managing Director of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) told …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has pardoned Former Permanent Secretary  Ministry of Local Government John Muhanguzi Kashaka and Henry Bamutura who was sentenced to ten years in jail for causing the government a financial loss of 4.2 billion shillings meant to purchase bicycles for local council …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The trial of Molly Katanga for the alleged murder of her husband businessman Henry Katanga resumed on Thursday morning with the testimony of the ninth prosecution witness, Naomi Nyangweso, a sister to the deceased. Nyangweso revealed that before his death, Katanga had asked her …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has encouraged business owners especially manufacturers and agriculturalists to opt for affordable credit provided by Uganda Development Bank (UDB). The President made the call recently while launching the new Karuma 600 MW hydropower project which now takes Uganda’s installed capacity to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Ritah Namalwa to Luzira Prison on charges of forgery, personation and theft of about 700 million shillings from a Pastor. Namalwa was on Thursday arraigned before the Nakawa Grade One Magistrate Andrew Katurubuki who sat in for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education has phased out physical registration and licensing of schools, transitioning the entire process to the EMIS (Education Management Information System) effective next year. Dr John Chrysostom Muyingo, the State Minister for Higher Education, said that this initiative, set to be …