Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary is considering setting aside funds specifically for the trial of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander. The Principal Judge, Dr. Flavian Zeija, revealed this during the launch of the Judicial Bench Book on the Criminal Adjudication of International Crimes …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | French energy giant TotalEnergies has kicked off drilling operations at one of the wells in the Murchison Falls National Park. Drilling Engineers at Jobi-Rii well on Wednesday confirmed that they had reached the hydrocarbons not so far deep as had been expected. Unlike King …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua |  Russia will regard all ships sailing in the waters of the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports as “potential carriers of military cargo,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. “Due to the termination of the Black Sea Initiative, and the curtailment of the …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in the Karamoja sub-region are calling for a change in the disbursement of the Parish Development Model (PDM) fund. They are demanding that the funds be delivered in cash directly to the beneficiaries, rather than through electronic money transfers. Currently, some districts in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has set aside a 44-year jail term handed down to Stephen Wasswa, a witch doctor convicted of kidnapping and attempted murder, and instead jailed him for life. The decision was made by a three-member panel of the appellant court comprising …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Service Commission is contemplating a policy change that would enable teachers to seek deployments in duty stations of their choice, with the aim of enhancing their efficiency. Reverend Professor Samuel Luboga, the Chairperson of the Education Service Commission, revealed that the commission …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has asked the High Court to dismiss an application by State Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Amos Lugoloobi to relax his bail terms. In April this year, Lugoloobi was charged with dealing with suspect property, …

UNBS Director accused of misappropriating of Shs12.5 billion Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), David Livingstone Ebiru, has left members of Parliament in shock after he admitted to giving a bribe of Shs100 million to secure his job. He made …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Young doctors who have been waiting to be deployed for a year-long medical internship since April stormed the Ministry of Health headquarters in Kampala on Thursday, agitating for placement. Dr. Christine Nabutto, one of the pre-interns, expressed her frustration during the protest, stating that …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifty-year-old Ali Hatibu, a resident of Bukooli village, Iwemba sub-county was fined sh100,000 and publicly subjected to 20 strokes of the cane on Wednesday for vehemently denying a child he fathered out of wedlock. The minor’s mother, Hanifa Namulindwa revealed that when she informed …