Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The on-going process to ascertain the extent of forest degradation has unearthed 450 illegal land titles in different forest reserves, the Executive Directive National Forestry Authority-NFA Tom Okello has revealed. He disclosed this in a meeting with the European Union (EU) delegation at the Bugoma …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Livestock farmers in Madi Opei sub county of Lamwo district are struggling with a strange infectious disease outbreak which has claimed several cattle. Farmers say an infected animal presents with foam on the mouth, weight loss, and loss of appetite, exhaustion, swollen hooves within a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rukungiri district has received 25,000 face masks for learners in candidate classes. The face masks were delivered in fulfillment of a pledge made by the Ministry of Education to aid learners as classes resumed amidst coronavirus disease pandemic. While handing over the face masks, Dan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine health workers attached to the Coronavirus Treatment Unit- CTU at Gulu Regional Referral hospital have been dismissed without receiving their risk allowances. “As per the the decision of top management, the following service providers are supposed to exit from the CTU and report to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Commissioner in the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries has revealed that most veterinary officers in Uganda are administering treatment without proper diagnosis of animal diseases. Dr. Anna Rose Ademun Okurut, who is in-charge of animal health says that many veterinary officers tend …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of farmers in Lokung sub-county in Lamwo district have failed to access their farmlands at the contentious Uganda-South Sudan border point. This follows clashes between Uganda People Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers and South Sudan People’s Defense Forces at Otwilo in Pangira parish near Ngomoromo border …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal Justices have directed the Uganda Prison Services to allow lawyers representing four people convicted of theft of 15.4 billion shillings pension funds to access them in prison. The convicts who were handed sentences ranging from nine to 16 years by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has fulfilled the 100 million shillings pledge he promised the Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization – SACCO of Gulu University staff. The President made the pledge in January this year while officiating at the University’s 15th graduation ceremony that took place …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party is confident on presenting its presidential candidate Nobert Mao for nomination on Tuesday afternoon. Until last week on Friday, many had thought that DP the oldest political party in the country had chickened out of 2021 elections. In the background, the party …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 117 districts across the country are reporting positive cases of COVID-19, yet the disease has spread in all corners of the country according to Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng. Although she doesn’t mention the districts that are not testing, Aceng reveals that the …