Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda Archbishop Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has criticized the rampant cases of incest reported in different parts of the country. “There are fathers, uncles, and cousin brothers in our families who have defiled their daughters and sisters and impregnated them. This is …

Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A combined force of the army and police in Napak district are hunting for the group of unknown thugs who broke into the ancestral home of the General Court Martial chairperson, Lt. General Andrew Gutti and made off with a massey ferguson tractor. The thugs …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One Magistrate Court in Kapchorwa has remanded twenty men suspected to be members of a cult. They appeared on Tuesday before Grade One Magistrate Kwizera Vian. They were arrested last week for holding an illegal assembly and unlawful procession. The group led by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Record TV, a commercial television broadcaster in Uganda has closed its operations effective March 31, 2021. The TV was owned by a 67 year old television company based in Sanpaolo, Brazil but with multiple channels across five continents. It has operated in Uganda for 15 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago National Referral Hospital has denied sending away a helpless grandfather of conjoined twins, after failing to separate a dead twin from another who was still alive. The twins were born through Cesarean section more than a week ago at Amuria hospital. At birth, one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA FC interim head coach, Morley Byekwaso has vowed to put KCCA FC at the top of the table. He replaces Mike Hilary Mutebi whose contract was terminated. Byekwaso was Mutebi’s assistant coach at the club. Byekwaso believes that he will use his experience of …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty crested cranes have killed in various wetlands in Lwengo district within a space of two weeks. Dr. Adalbert Ainomuchunguzi, the regional manager of International Crane Foundation (ICF) in East Africa says that they found the bodies of the crested cranes during their survey to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Rules, Discipline and Privilege Committee has proposed an amendment to the rules of procedure to allow for a Speaker of Parliament to resign voluntarily. The Rules Committee chairperson, Clement Ongalo while presenting the report to parliament on Tuesday said that currently, the Parliament’s rules …

Washington under former President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement in 2018 and escalated sanctions on Iran Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Dragging feet by the U.S. administration in lifting anti-Iran sanctions would be detrimental to the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition in Parliament Betty Aol Ochan has asked Speaker Rebecca Kadaga to institute a Select Committee to investigate the rampant land evictions in the country. Ochan was presenting a petition to parliament on Tuesday on behalf of 32 people regarding their eviction …