Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | On 19th August this year, Uganda’s sensational songbird and Tooro princess Julian Kanyomozi will be live in concert at the Kampala Serena hotel. Currently, she is having utmost rehearsals with the best band and is ready to rock her die-hard fans with an exhilarating performance. …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 people with different eye problems have turned up for free eye checkups and cataract surgery at Lira Regional Referral Hospital. The three days camp that started on Sunday is aimed at offering free eye health care to the community of Lango. It …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communication Commission-UCC has deferred the switching off of counterfeit phones on the Ugandan market, saying that it is not automatic, and will follow an assessment of the impact after the six months sensitization campaign which started on Tuesday. The sensitization campaign which will see …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in the National Resistance Movement-NRM party are concerned about party members opting to run as independents in the Busongora South parliamentary by-election set for this month. The party leaders are worried that the decision by the party members to go independent will cost the party …

Otuke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People living with HIV in Otuke district are discontinuing the uptake of Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARVs) due to hunger. The area has suffered a prolonged drought that has resulted in food insecurity which has left thousands of people starving. Most of the affected persons are the elderly, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has called on youths not to sit back, but take interest in the existing opportunities. Among said that there are so many opportunities in the country, like the Parish Development Model and asked them to work hard if they are …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Igabiro cell in Mwanjari ward, Southern division, Kabale municipality are up arms against Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA and Kabale Municipal Council for constructing a drainage channel that pours water into their premises. The aggrieved residents have petitioned Kabale Resident District Commissioner-RDC, saying that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Youths from across the country have urged government to waive off taxes on youth enterprises that have been earmarked to benefit from the Parish Development Model (PDM). The youths made this call during a plenary meeting of the Fifth National Youth Parliament where they observed that …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran does not seek possession of nuclear weapons, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a phone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday. “Nuclear weapons have no place in the doctrine of the Islamic Republic of Iran and are contrary to our policies and …

What is different this time? NEWS ANALYSIS | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Following a string of losses in recent parliamentary by-elections, the political opposition leaders Kizza Besigye and Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine have seen it fit for all change seeking Ugandans to unite. The recent opposition loss in a …