Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Jinja City have arrested a driver of a garbage truck for knocking and injuring four pilgrims. It is alleged that Yusuf Mugwa was ferrying organic waste from Mpumudde High School in Jinja City when his vehicle lost control and rammed into …

  Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 2,500 runners took part in the maiden Absa KH3-7 Hills Run that was held on Sunday 28 April in partnership with the Kampala Hash House Harriers. The run featured 6km and 21km routes, starting from Kingdom Kampala on Nile Avenue and saw both …

COMMENT | KEITH KALYEGIRA | Collective investment schemes (CIS) have in recent days been in the news for the right reasons. Savings to the tune of Ugx 1.8 trillion have been mobilized from Ugandan savers for investment purposes over the past five years, representing an annual growth rate of 79%. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Presdent Yoweri Museveni has indicated that there were mistakes made by a company of UPDF soldiers when Al-Shabaab rebels attacked their Forward Operational Base leading to a loss of lives on Friday. “Some of the soldiers there did not perform as expected and panicked, …

COMMENT | Alfred Geresom Musamali |  I once ate on credit an over five million shillings’ (US$2,000 at the time) working lunch at the Silver Springs Hotel in Bugolobi, a Kampala, Uganda suburb. I then spent three months of my subsequent salaries, repaying for the meal! I had had a stint …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) says it will not use the term ‘expired” to describe programs that are due or overdue for re-assessment at Universities and higher Institutions of learning. According to Professor Mary Okwakol, the Executive Director of NCHE, the term …

Washington, US | Xinhua |  Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng has urged the U.S. side to move in the same direction with China and jointly explore the right way to get along. During a meeting with U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on …

Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | A man was confirmed dead on Friday in a shooting incident in Japan’s Tokyo area, local media reported. The man in his 50s was severely wounded after being shot at a coffee shop in the western city of Machida of Tokyo Metropolis on Thursday evening, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two street children were knocked dead at the Acacia-Kayunga road junction in Kampala. The vehicle, a black Mercedes-Benz with registration number UBL 189R, was being driven by Faziru Kimera a resident of Buwate, Kira Municipality, in Wakiso district. The incident, according to Deputy Kampala …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) on Friday revealed that al-Shabab militants stormed a military base said to be manned by Ugandans in southern Somalia. Uganda’s Defence Spokesperson Felix Kulayigye confirmed the incident. ” There was an early morning attack on our troops in …