Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has entered into a partnership with Gulu University to help boost operation wealth creation in Northern Uganda. General Salim Saleh, the Operation Wealth Creation National Coordinator told Uganda Radio Network – URN in an interview on Friday that the partnership seeks to address ways …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Basketball team, the Silverbacks defeated Cape Verde 101-98 in the 2021 AfroBasketball qualifiers in Group E. In the hotly contested game played at the Al ittihad arena in Alexandria on Sunday, Uganda’s International star Ishmail Wainright scored a game-high, 36 points and grabbed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has set up a national taskforce to stop the misuse of mosquito nets delivered by the government. The teams will be led by Resident District Commissioners who will be deputised by district health officers. Each district team will have committee members …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat said that this is the right time for the people of Kisoro district to vote against Yoweri Kaguta Museveni because he mistreated their son, former Inspector General of Police (IGP), General Kale Kayihura. Amuriat …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that the government will compensate families of those killed during the recent city protests. Museveni made the remarks during his televised national address on issues of security and covid-19 situation on Sunday evening. President Museveni says that he has already …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has fixed hearing of election appeals arising from the 2016 general and subsequent by-elections alongside other 40 civil appeals which will be handled in a two-weeks session starting on November 30th, 2020. According to a communication from the judiciary, the session …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate for the Bundibugyo district Woman Member of Parliament seat has pulled out of the race. Harriet Musumba was to contest against NRM’s Josephine Babungi and independent candidate Harriet Ntabazi in next year’s general elections. Musumba communicated her withdraw in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rector of the Islamic University in Uganda Dr Ahmed Kawesa Sengendo has been appointed the Assistant Secretary-General of Economic Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation- OIC. Dr Sengendo was sworn in on Saturday, November 28th 2020 at the 47th Council of OIC Foreign …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has said cases of domestic violence in Acholi sub-region increased between March to October this year. The report indicates that from March to October this year, a total of 1,189 cases of domestic violence were reported to police in the eight districts of Acholi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 51 Savings and Credit Cooperatives-SACCOs in Katakwi district have each received 30 Million Shillings under the presidential initiative on job and wealth creation commonly known as Emyooga. The zonal manager, Micro Finance Support Center in Soroti, Simon Peter Egiriat says that each SACCO will receive …