Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The investigator in the case in which 32 supporters of the National Unity Platform are accused of being in illegal possession of explosive devices has asked the General Court Martial in Makindye to deny them bail. Investigator Elly Musinguzi (Lt) of the Special Investigations Bureau of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 4.8 billion shillings has so far been collected in the ongoing operations against traffic penalty defaulters. Although the traffic police headquarters at Nateete police station have not yet divulged the total collection, a senior traffic officer has revealed that by Wednesday last week, they were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition MPs have started holding stakeholder engagements with a view of improving a draft private Members’ Bill that seeks to amend the 2006 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act. The Bill is sponsored by the Shadow Minister for Culture and Performing Arts, also Mawokota North MP, Hillary …

London, UK | Xinhua | The British pound fell to a record low against the U.S. dollar on Monday as the largest tax cuts announced by the United Kingdom’s (UK) government for half a century undermined international confidence. The pound tumbled more than 4 percent to trade as low as 1.035 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has filed an application in the High Court seeking orders to compel the Secretary to the Judiciary, Pius Bigirimana to publicly apologize to the Supreme Court Justice Esther Kisaakye. In an application filed in the High Court in Kampala, Mabirizi who is …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Lira have decried the excessive noise pollution in the area. They note that noise pollution from nightclubs and places of worship has increased to unbearable levels and has failed them to realize basic benefits such as peaceful sleep. Rebecca Hope Akello, a mobile …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) has confirmed the date for the National Mountain Running Championships in Kapchorwa. According to Benjamin Njia, the Uganda Athletics Federation National coach and vice president of technical, the championships will be held on October 1st. He says that the championship …

Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has died while two others are nursing critical injuries sustained in a robbery at Petro city station in Bukedea on Sunday night. Information from the police indicates that the attackers first snatched a gun from the security guard deployed at the petrol station and …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The security forces in the Karamoja region have arrested six suspected warriors who have been terrorizing travelers. The arrest follows a series of road ambushes and abductions mainly on routes of Abim-Kotido linking to Kaabong district and Kotido to Moroto. The operations which was conducted …

Moyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police constable in Moyo district on Sunday shot dead a colleague before turning the gun on himself. It is alleged that Constable Kopi Joel Bobi, 27 years attached to the Field Force Unit, first shot his colleague Corporal Geoffrey Ogwal 47 years, after picking …