Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security at the Elegu border point in Atiak Sub-county, Amuru district has been intensified following the entry of hundreds of South Sudanese into Uganda seeking food. At the border, the security personnel struggle to restrain the South Sudanese nationals from entering the country. According …
Read More »Why Male Mabirizi is always in court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Male Mabirizi Hassan Kiwanuka first shot to prominence in 2016 after he sued the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, following a directive by Buganda Land Board, the body that manages the Kingdom’s land to register all bibanja holders for them to get lease land …
Read More »Kabira Country Club wins sh147m water bill case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has cleared Kabira Country Club of 147 million Shillings water bill that was being demanded by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation. According to the judgment issued by the head of High Court Civil Division Justice Musa Ssekaana, the …
Read More »Teachers relief money sent back to Microfinance Support Centre
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The teachers covid-19 relief fund for private schools promised by President Museveni has been sent back to the Micro Finance Support Centre. Last year, the government announced a revolving fund worth Shillings 20billion to support private teachers whose livelihoods were disrupted by the …
Read More »‘Vaccinate to avoid high hospital bills’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outcry about high treatment charges for COVID-19 patients at private health facilities will not end, until a greater majority of Ugandans are vaccinated. Doctors in private hospitals in Kampala have warned that whoever is refusing to be vaccinated, will ultimately pay price when …
Read More »Two Ugandan truck drivers shot dead in South Sudan
Trucks at the border town of Elegu. PHOTO URN Elegu, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Ugandan truck drivers have been shot dead and one injured in South Sudan. The incident occurred on Thursday in Nesitu, Jubek County in the Central Equatorial State about 120 kilometres to Nimule border …
Read More »Medical interns demand Covid-19 risk allowances
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical Interns are demanding risk allowances due to their involvement in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. The demand was presented to the Parliamentary Covid-19 task force by Doctor Mary Lillian Nabwire, the President of the Federation of Uganda Medical Interns. According to Nabwire, many …
Read More »Refugees in West Nile fail to access relief food because of transport restrictions
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan Refugees living in urban areas in the West Nile region are unable to access their monthly relief food due to the ban on public transport and inter-district movement. Several refugees after being registered in the refugee settlement camps prefer to stay in …
Read More »School re-opening plans await Cabinet decision
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is still uncertain when schools will reopen. Last month, President Yoweri Museveni announced fresh restrictions as part of measures to control the COVID-19 transmissions in the country in face of the second wave of the pandemic. Among the restrictions, the …
Read More »What happens to Kaweesi, Kiggundu murderer suspects after new police breakthrough?
Were dozens of earlier suspects in Kiggundu, Kaweesi murders arrested on speculation? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three days ago, deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech, released a statement revealing Huzaifa Wampa alias Kanaabe as the 12th suspects in the shooting of Gen Edward Katumba Wamala. …
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