Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has unveiled a regional walk-in cold room at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital to improve the proper storage of vaccines before they are distributed in the different health centres in the region. The insulated enclosure fitted with refrigeration equipment is designed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has lauded the late Pope Benedict XVI for his humility and commitment. Speaking at Lubaga Cathedral on Thursday at a special mass for the demised Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Mayiga said the late Pontiff distinguished himself as a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF soldiers who were on Wednesday arrested in Makindye over robbery but were later released by their colleagues at gunpoint have been identified. The police patrol acting on a distress call by Lumuli officer-in-charge, Betty Kazungu rushed to Kakoola village, Ndejje parish …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has named a seven member committee to investigate allegations of misconduct against the State Minister for Housing, Persis Namuganza. On Friday, 23 December 2022, Agago North Member of Parliament, John Amos Okot moved a motion to censure Namuganza. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A 38-year-old Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier has been jailed for life after pleading guilty to the murder of one civilian and the attempted murder of his colleague. Private Hamis Walimbwa is alleged to have shot and killed Zepherine Nizeyimana, 18, after a …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kiira region on Wednesday impounded a Fuso truck carrying electricity conductors. The truck registration number UAZ 691T, was intercepted by a police patrol vehicle in Bugembe trading center. The conductors were allegedly from Kisenyi in Kampala and were being taken to Giant …

Mexico city, Mexico | Xinhua | Mexican armed forces on Thursday arrested Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in Sinaloa state, officials and local media reported. The special forces operation was carried out in the town of Culiacan amid clashes, road blocks and vehicles …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa has lamented the lost opportunity for development and economic power when former Prime Minister, the late Apollo Nsibambi’s advice on amending the Land Act was rejected. Nsibambi and the late Archbishop Livingstone Mpalanyo Nkoyoyo, had proposed …

Pader, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | One person has died and fifteen others were injured in an accident along the Pader-Agago road. The accident involved a bus registration number UAQ 080T belonging to Real Coach Bus Company that occurred on Thursday in Amor village, Luna Parish, Pader town council. David Ongom …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the country’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to start a 36-hour truce along the entire line of contact between the parties in Ukraine from Jan. 6 to 7, the Kremlin said Thursday. “Taking into account the appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, …