Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Geoffrey Ssemwogerere of New Jerusalem Church in Seguku, Wakiso district is behind bars at Kajjansi police station for allegedly chaining 12 people to purportedly heal them from mental illness and bad omen. According to locals, Ssemwogerere had chained his victims inside his church for at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Protests staged by the National Unity Platform-NUP party supporters in the diaspora are threatening the support the Dutch government extends to the Interparty Organization for Dialogue-IPOD. The National Resistance Movement-NRM party Secretary General and Chairperson of the IPOD Council of Secretaries, Richard Todwong revealed this in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have adopted the report of the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline pardoning Twaha Kagabo, the Bukoto County South MP for misconduct. On Tuesday, 09 August 2022, during plenary, Speaker Anita Among in her communication raised a matter of the breach of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of school inspectors have accused the Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB of masterminding examination leakage and fueling malpractices. While the examinations body and the Ministry of Education blamed the school inspectors for supporting examination fraud, the inspectors say that most of the leakages come from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty eight aspirants have expressed interest in competing for Uganda’s nine slots at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). On Monday, 19 September 2022, the nomination papers for 15 candidates, all independent aspirants were received. 13 aspirants presented their nomination papers on Tuesday, 20 September 2022, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has registered an increase in revenue collection at Katuna following the reopening of the Uganda-Rwanda border. The border reopened on February 31, after three years of closure. Rwandan President Paul Kagame accused Ugandan authorities of spying on Rwanda, abducting Rwandan citizens …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Health (General Duties), Anifa Kawooya, has asked countrymen and women to remain vigilant in the wake of the Ebola outbreak in Mubende district. Kawooya was on Tuesday, 20 September 2022 presenting a statement before Parliament on the outbreak of Ebola …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city authorities are locked up in a fierce fight with Orient City Cleaners limited over the collection of garbage from Mbale central market. Perez Wambedde, the Chairperson of Mbale Central Market says the fight stems from their decision to contract Orient City Cleaners limited …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT& XINHUA | Health experts on Tuesday urged Uganda to focus on preventing and controlling the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, noting that there is no vaccine against the rare Sudan strain that broke out in the country. This follows a Tuesday announcement by the ministry …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in the Albertine have arrested 19 cattle thieves believed to have been terrorizing cattle farmers in the region. The suspects whose particulars have been concealed for fear of jeopardizing police investigations are being detained at the various police stations across the region including …