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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Parliamentary Committee of Foreign and East Africa Community Affairs were treated to a shock when South Sudan security personnel stopped them from touring the Elegu border. Elegu, located in Amuru district is the main point of entry for goods and services into …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has given South Sudan a one-month ultimatum to waive visa fees for Ugandan nationals seeking to enter the country. This follows Uganda’s decision to waive visa fees for South Sudanese entering Uganda which will take effect on October 1. Speaking to the media, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of the Long-Distance Heavy Truck Drivers Associations in Uganda and Kenya have profiled 24 colleagues who were killed by gunmen while delivering cargo in South Sudan. A provisional list that dates back to 2013, includes names of 10 Eritrean nationals, eight Kenyans and six …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister of Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem has called upon Ugandan traders who cannot handle the challenges in South Sudan to stop going there. Speaking today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he was opening the Uganda-India investment road show taking place …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of the Long-Distance Heavy Truck Drivers Association in East Africa has started profiling associates killed or incapacitated by gunmen along the Nimule-Juba highway for possible reparations. The compilation will include drivers and turn-men from within the East African bloc that includes Tanzania, Uganda, …

Amuu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is relief in Elegu township, Amuru district following the resumption of transportation of goods to the South Sudan capital, Juba by the long-distance truck drivers on Tuesday. More than 600 trucks had been parked at the Uganda-South Sudan border of Elegu in Amuru district …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The strike by truck drivers from Uganda and other countries in the region entered the third week on Monday, as a shortage of essential goods hit South Sudan over the weekend. Most of the drivers are from Uganda and Kenya. In the latest development on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The majority of ambushes on Ugandan truckers in South Sudan have occurred on vehicles that do not respect arrangements on the movement of convoys. Government records show that 14 Ugandans were killed in South Sudan between May and August 2021. They include; Ali Mark Sony, …

  Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Tumanun A village in Agoro sub county in Lamwo district killed a suspected rustler from South Sudan over the weekend following a botched livestock theft. The area LC I chairperson Ismael Ogak, says that the deceased suspect together with two others attempted …

The life and work of the former Deputy Inspector General of Police who made a lasting contribution to Uganda THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | On the morning of Saturday August 21, I was driving to Fort Portal but got a puncture 20km before Mityana. While trying to …