Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 200 Christians of St. Anthony Catholic Church, Amorwogora in Palam sub county, Katakwi district are stranded after their church caught fire and burnt to ashes on the eve of Ash Wednesday. Gerald Irikot, the LC I chairperson Amorwongora village in Ngariam parish is being …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Forestry Authority- NFA has impounded 600 bags of charcoal in Gulu and Amuru districts. 300 bags were impounded from the charcoal dealers camp in Patiko sub county in Gulu district on Tuesday evening. Another 300 bags were impounded on Monday evening from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Education and Sports is set to recruit 2,542 staff members for community schools that have since been taken over by the government. Prof Samuel Luboga, Education Service Commission chairperson says 82 schools across the country will benefit from the recruitment as part of …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in the island districts of Buvuma and Kalangala say President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni polled few votes there largely because of the brutality meted against fishing communities by the army, the illegal land acquisition and unfulfilled presidential pledges. Unlike previous elections where Museveni won in …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kitgum district is holding six suspects arrested for alleged illegal logging and charcoal burning. The suspects were picked from Lamwo district during undercover operations conducted by the Environmental Protection Police Unit-EPPU over the weekend. The operations conducted on illegal logging and charcoal …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has imposed a quarantine on five districts in southwestern Uganda following the new outbreak of the foot and mouth disease. The affected districts are Gomba, Isingiro, Kazo, Kiruhura and Sembabule where the disease has been detected in many herds. Movement on livestock and livestock …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara central market vendors have tasked city authorities to explain the delays in the construction of the market. Construction of the 21 Billion Shillings market started in 2018 and was supposed to have been completed last year in January. However, completion was again extended to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The prices of land in Gulu have shot up in the past months following the elevation of the municipality to a city. Gulu attained city status on July 1, 2020, alongside Arua, Jinja, Mbale, Mbarara, Masaka and Fort Portal. Landowners believe that since Gulu is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations- SACCOs have raised concern about the delay to release funds under the emyooga program. More than 356 SACCOs were registered in Kampala to benefit from the 26 Billion Shillings. By February 12th, the government had disbursed over 4.240 billion Shillings …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform-NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi is petitioning the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights over the continued abduction and torture of his supporters. Speaking to reporters at his party headquarters in Kampala following the withdrawal of police who had locked out NUP …