Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of Robert Karamagi, who died after being burnt at the home of musician Joseph Mayanja alias Jose Chameleon, is demanding fresh investigations into the circumstances leading to the death of their own. It is alleged that Karamagi, 27, was tied with a rope …

Hoima, Ugana | THE INDEPENDENT | Preparations are underway in Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom for the 29th anniversary of the coronation (Empango) of Omukama Dr. Solomon Gafabusa Agutamba Rukirabasaija Iguru. The event, which commemorates the day Iguru ascended to the throne on June 11, 1994, is set to attract thousands of Kingdom subjects …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The World Bank has expressed concern over the low absorption of funds by local governments implementing the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) Additional Financing project. Out of the US$5.4 billion invested in the program, only 30% of the funds have been absorbed …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Smuggling of goods through porous borders in Mpondwe, Kasese district is frustrating the efforts of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to achieve its tax collection targets. Smuggling involves the supply, distribution, and sale of products on which applicable taxes in the country of consumption …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A study published today by researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Birmingham suggests that a new solution called E-MOTIVE could be a major breakthrough in reducing deaths related to bleeding during childbirth. Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), defined as the loss …

Kinshasa, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has stated that if the East African Community Regional Force (EAC-RF) troops, deployed as part of a peacekeeping mission in the war-troubled province of North Kivu, do not fulfill their mandate, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Players in oil and gas have pleaded with the countries in the West not to starve Uganda and Africa of financing needed to get those resources out of the ground. The call has been sounded by the Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa, …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet has approved the proposed amendments to the National Drug Policy and Authority Act, creating a new body responsible for overseeing the quality of agricultural and veterinary health inputs. This role was formerly under the National Drug Authority (NDA). This decision was made following …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors categorized as medical officers special grade or Associate Consultants announced on Tuesday that they have joined ongoing industrial action in which Senior House Officers had laid down tools over non-payment of their salaries. The doctors told a press Conference held in Mulago this …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has convicted six men for the murder of two South Sudanese nationals, Mohammed Abdallah and Ibrahim Bakhit, the former Manager of Juba City Hotel in Arua Park in Kampala Central Division. The convicts are Jacob Chothembo, a former employee of the private …