Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delayed release of funds by partner states to finance the activities of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization-LVFO has slowed research on East Africa’s largest shared water body. LVFO is mandated to conduct studies on the different aspects of Lake Victoria with funding from the …

Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in the West Nile region have asked the government to make adjustments and address the gaps in the implementation of the Emyooga program. The Emyooga programme was launched in July last year to target Ugandans in the informal sector clustered in 18 groups that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe International Airport has received a new airline career. Air Arabia is set to start operating direct commercial passenger flights from Sharjah International Airport in the UAE to Entebbe International Airport thrice a week. The 169-passenger aircraft will be making flights on Sunday, Wednesday and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police Crime Intelligence unit has arrested a woman for kidnapping her four-year-old son and demanding 32 Million Shillings ransom from her husband. Last week, the boy’s mother Annet Kiiza and neighbours filed a report at Nansana police station that Daniel Male had been kidnapped …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an improved uptake of family planning services in Kasese district following the easing of the nationwide lockdown. At the end of July this year, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni eased the second nationwide lockdown he announced on June 18th, 2021, to contain the second wave …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Teachers Union-UNATU on Tuesday disagreed with President Museveni on the government’s plan to increase the remuneration of science teachers. Speaking at the National Teachers Day celebrations at Kololo ceremonial grounds, Filbert Baguma, the UNATU general secretary noted that the idea of preferring …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30 people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline route in Nabigasa sub-county in Kyotera district have declined to open up bank accounts ahead of the compensation payment. New Plan Limited and Total Uganda entered a partnership with Centenary Bank to help …

Adjumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three men in Adjumani district are in police custody for allegedly raping a 40-year-old woman and leaving her unconscious on independence night. Alex Vuga Chandiga, the LC I chairperson of Rassia East village identifies the suspects as William Anyanzo Itraru, Godfrey Alumai commonly known as …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Victims who were brutalized by security personnel during the January general elections are struggling to get justice. Protests broke out in different parts of Masaka shortly after the Electoral Commission declared the incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the winner of the presidential elections with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prospects Real Estates Agency has been running an advert of condominiums in Najjera-Buwatte on its social media pages: UGX 399 million for 3 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms, UGX 299 million for 2 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms and UGX 199 million for 1 bedroom with 1 …