Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Ochola has urged Ugandans celebrating Olympics medals won by police officers to extol his predecessor, Gen Edward Kale Kayihura for his efforts to revamp sports activities in the force. Ochola in a statement shared to journalists by Police Spokesperson Fred …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan national team midfielder Khalid Aucho has joined Tanzanian side Young Africans Soccer Club. Aucho told Xinhua on Monday that he signed a two-year contract with the Tanzanian Premier League outfit. Young Africans, who finished second in the 2020/21 Tanzania Premier League, will represent the …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two teachers including a head teacher in Arua city have been arrested for conducting lessons against the presidential directive on COVID-19 prevention. David Ondoma, the head teacher and Margaret Wanjiri of Lauka, a private primary school in Golf Course Cell Arua Central Division were picked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira Motors Corporation says it will deliver 10 buses by end of this year, a paltry one percent of the more than 1,000 buses the state owned corporation had promised. The 10 buses, Allan Muhumuza, the Director of Marketing and Sales at Kiira Motors says …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition political party, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has called upon government to create a separate ministry of sports by splitting it from the ministry of education. Speaking to reporters today at the party headquarters at Najjanankumbi, John Kikonyogo, the deputy spokesperson said that …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 120 traders have petitioned the Kasese municipal council authorities through an appeals committee challenging their relocation to the new Kasese Central Market. The market is one of the several structures that were rebuilt under the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme (MATIP-1) – …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Ebrahim Raisi was sworn in on Thursday as the new president of Iran, a country now standing at a juncture with critical domestic and global challenges ahead. Talks between Iran and other related parties, which started in April in Vienna to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered the government to compensate  Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake with 75 million Shillings for the torture inflicted on him while in state custody. The order issued by Justice Esta Nambayo arises from a case in which …

Kole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Denis Obal, the header teacher of Sr. Gabriella Memorial Comprehensive Secondary School in Kole district is in police custody for alleged theft of student’s exams registration fees. Trouble for Obal started after senior four leavers from his school failed to access their Uganda Certificate Education-UCE …

Microsoft 4Afrika will support a digital transformation in Africa’s agri-food sector, increasing farm yields and farmers incomes Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke | Ugandan smallholder farmers will benefit from Microsoft’s new programme that seeks to avail digital tools and training resources to small-scale farmers and agriculture-linked small businesses in Uganda, Nigeria, …