Mbarara, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | Reach A Hand Uganda (RAHU) – through its clinic in Mbarara – has provided free Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) medical services to hundreds of youths in the region as part of a festive season medical outreach, which ran from 24th to 31st …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 13 Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers were on Wednesday sentenced to death by a garrison military court for fleeing from the enemy in Lubero territory, North Kivu province.  This is after they were charged with fleeing from the enemy, violation of instructions, desertion, dissipation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The country’s inflationary landscape has seen a mixture of modest improvements and persistent challenges. According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the Annual Average Headline Inflation for 2024 was registered at 3.3 percent, a significant improvement from the 5.4% recorded in 2023. The drop …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has described the continued departure of Ugandan youth to the Middle East for jobs as modern slavery. Kaziimba, who was delivering his 2025 New Year’s sermon on Wednesday during a Service at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society President Isaac Ssemakadde has responded to President Yoweri Museveni’s recent directive banning police bonds for criminal suspects , calling it a blatant attack on human rights. In his New Year’s address, Museveni ordered the police to stop issuing bonds to suspects …

Mbale, Uganda | THE IDEPENDENT |The government has extended the search for the bodies of the Bulambuli landslide victims.  The extension follows appeals from local leaders and relatives of the missing victims. The landslides hit the district last month and so far 42 bodies have been recovered. Initially, the government had …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday it is facing a critical funding gap of 11.1 million U.S. dollars to scale up the mpox response in Uganda where over 1,000 confirmed cases and six deaths have been registered. Out of the 12.9 million dollars of …

Apac, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities of Ibuje Secondary School in Apac District have dismissed Joel Patrick Odiyo, the school head teacher over alleged incompetency and gross mismanagement of public funds. The Board of Governors and members of the Parents’ and Teachers’ Association (PTA) made the decision at an emergency …

Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security forces on Monday recovered fifty cows raided by the Pokot warriors in Nabilatuk district. The armed warriors suspected to be Pokot from Amudat district attacked the herdsmen from their grazing ground on Monday at around 3:00 pm in Ariamawoi village in Nabilatuk …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 100 people were arrested in various operations as Ugandans ushered in 2025. According to Luke Owoyesigyire the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, 30 out of the 100 suspects were picked at Buganda Kingdom end of year fete known as Enkuuka held in Lubiri, Mengo, …