Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Muslim community in Teso sub region have received a one-billion-shilling orphanage project constructed in Campswahili, Soroti city. The facility whose construction took two years comprises ten classrooms, two teachers board rooms, six dormitories, ten self-contained teachers houses and a kitchen. The project funded by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kyakatagwa village in Ndolo parish in Kabira sub-county in Kyotera district have teamed up with police to search for the body of a 16-year-old girl who decided to end her life protesting the arrest of her boyfriend. The teenager decided to jump in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 73 judicial officials have been reshuffled to improve service delivery. Among those reshuffled include Registrars, Deputy Registrars, Assistant Registrars, Chief Magistrates and Magistrates grade one. Jameson Karemani, the Judiciary Public Relations officer says that the change comes after it was discovered that some judicial areas …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty supporters of the Forum for Democratic Change – FDC, National Unity Platform (NUP) and Democratic Party-DP in Oyam district have defected to Uganda People’s Congress – UPC party. The defectors crossed on Saturday to UPC from Juma Parish in Myene sub-county. They were wooed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Districts in the West Nile under their umbrella organization MAYANK Anti-corruption coalition have embarked on engaging communities and government leaders on an accountability dialogue. The dialogue which has come as the general elections draw closer is aimed at empowering locals and the citizens to demand …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Muslim community has mourned the Second Deputy Prime Minister, Al-Haji Ali Kirunda Kivejinja. Kivejinja, 85 died on Saturday at Mulago National Referral Hospital where he had been admitted for a month after he developed an illness. Last evening at a campaign rally in Hoima, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jamie Vardy fired Leicester City up to second in the Premier League table with a 2-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur. Vardy took his tally to 11 goals for the season with a penalty in first-half stoppage time, which was awarded for Serge Aurier’s challenge on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat on Sunday defied directives by police in Mityana not to campaign at stopovers along the road. The police under the command of DPC Martin Okoyo were leading Amuriat to Mityana town for a campaign rally when …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight children with physical disabilities have been abandoned by their parents in Acholi. The eight include three girls and five boys who were brought into the centre from the four districts of Kitgum, Nwoya, Amuru and Gulu. Josephine Ogweta, the Deputy Director for St. Jude …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Locals in Palam sub county in Katakwi district have faulted the police for not considering residents in the area during the recruitment exercise. John Elakat, the area LCI chairperson of Osemua village says that in 2006 when the community agreed to give land to the …