Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Security, Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi has revealed that government hast started plans to repatriate the body of former army representative Gen Elly Tumwine. Muhwezi made this revelation as lawmakers joined the rest of the country to mourn the late Gen Elly Tumwine. The …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI has set up a breast cancer clinic at the Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital with an aim of improving breast cancer care coordination services in the region. Dr. Collins Mpamani, a public health specialist from the Uganda Cancer Institute, says that …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has intensified surveillance on its western border following a reported Ebola case in the neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a senior government official said Thursday. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, told Xinhua by telephone that they have also intensified …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | The Fifth Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation took place on Thursday in a combined online and offline mode, with delegates from the two sides agreeing to further strengthen media cooperation. Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslim leaders in Luwero district have asked the Internal Affairs Minister, Gen. Kahinda Otafiire to reign on security personnel linking terror activities to Islam. Several Imams and Muslims have been arrested from Luwero district since the year began for their alleged links to terror-related activities. The …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been convicted for killing six climbing lions and ten vultures in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Vincent Tumuhirwe, a farmer and Robert Ariyo, a boda boda rider from Kanungu district were on Thursday convicted in the Utilities, Wildlife and Standards Court, presided over by …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima city authorities have allocated two acres of land to the National Drugs Authority-NDA to construct regional headquarters.  The land is situated in Nyarugaba cell, West Division, Hoima city. The regional office will help serve as a distribution and monitoring point for the National Drugs Authority. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has asked the High Civil Division in Kampala to dismiss a suit filed by city lawyer Michael Aboneka against the authority for failure to install streetlights along the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. Aboneka ran to the High Court on June 16th, 2022 to declare …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has cautioned  legislators against discussing information being disclosed or unearthed during committee investigations before the final report is presented and adopted by the House. In his communication at the start of the Tuesday, 23 August 2022 plenary, Tayebwa expressed …

Kobe Bryant’s widow has been awarded $16m (£13.6m) in damages over leaked graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed the US basketball star and his daughter in 2020 Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | A jury Wednesday ordered Los Angeles County to pay 31 million U.S. dollars in damages over …