Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Late goals by Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka earned Leicester City a thrilling 4-2 victory that ended Manchester United’s 29-match unbeaten away run. Mason Greenwood put Man Utd in front after 19 minutes with a ferocious angled drive from distance. Leicester equalised 12 minutes later as …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 300 farmers under Masaka District Farmers Association -MADIFA have received a cassava drying and processing machine to improve on value addition, quick processing of making cassava flour, and increase their incomes. The 35million Shilling machine is a donation from Vi-Agroforestry, a development organisation fighting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three days after the United Kingdom issued a terror alert for its citizens in Uganda, the Inspector General of Police-IGP Martin Ochola, has directed the force’s Counter-Terrorism-CT unit to increase vigilance on vital spaces. The UK indicated that terrorists are planning an indiscriminate attack on among …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Roberto Firmino claimed a hat-trick, Sadio Mane scored his 100th Premier League goal and Mohamed Salah struck another superb solo effort as Liverpool eased past Watford 5-0 to go top of the table. After just nine minutes Salah sprinted beyond Danny Rose before playing a beautiful …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero district have arrested a 17-year-old boy and a man for allegedly vandalizing residents’ water meters, thus hampering water supply from the National Water and Sewerage Corporation-NWSC to their taps. The teenager whose name is with-held because he’s a minor, is a resident of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fear has engulfed residents of Nsuwa zone in Katwe after machete-wielding men cut their member, Aisha Nakitende, alongside her daughter Olivia Namatovu, in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Nakitende according to neighbors was attacked about 10 minutes to 6am during a morning down pour. At …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Mary Okwakol, the chairperson of Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has advised higher institutions of learning to invest in research to enable companies to offer virtual internship training to students. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, many Universities adopted the Open Distance and e-Learning-ODeL system to continue …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Father Richard Mugisha of Bisanje Catholic Parish, Masaka Diocese, has been summoned over the death of a suspected thief. Trouble for Mugisha started on Wednesday night when the suspect shattered the his car window and hid inside it. Ronald Kyeyune, a resident of Bisanje village in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government seeks to allow the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) access to proceeds from the sale of its interests in the crude oil. The proposal is contained in the Public Finance Management (Amendment), Bill 2021 that was tabled by the Minister of State for Finance, Planning …

United Nations | Xinhua | Globally, around three in 10 people, or 2.3 billion, do not have handwashing facilities with water and soap available at home, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday. The situation is worst in the least developed countries, with over six in 10 people without access …