Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Transport fares have soared as more Ugandans travel to the countryside ahead of Christmas and New Year festivities. The most affected are distant routes to the East and the western parts of the Country, where fares have more than doubled. Justus Baribumpe, a driver for …
Read More »Lango, Asian communities should unite – Oulanyah
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, has counseled leaders and residents in Lira to let the law take its course as they unite after clashes with a section of the Asian community. The clashes were triggered by the death of a one, Dickens Okello, a pupil …
Read More »Suspension of Radio presenters, morning talk shows irks listeners top story
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by Uganda Communications Commission-UCC to suspend popular morning radio presenters and shows on Radio Unity and Q FM in Lira town hasn’t gone down well with listeners. UCC suspended the presenters and programs on both stations in a communication issued on Tuesday morning …
Read More »UK Parliament to debate Arua fracas
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Kingdom House of Commons is set to debate the infamous Arua fracas in which a number of legislators were arrested and allegedly tortured in the hands of the state. The debate scheduled for January 8, 2019, will be drawn from a motion sponsored …
Read More »Parliament commissioners to be elected
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliamentary commissioners will have to be elected, by secret ballot, at the end of the tenure of the current position holders, the Speaker of Parliament has ruled. The Parliamentary Commission, which is established by the Administration of Parliament Act, is the top most administrative body …
Read More »Kadaga wants water bodies managed better
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has directed the Ministry of Water and Environment to rein in on encroachers of water bodies in the country. Kadaga reiterated the President’s remarks about people living around water bodies, who cultivate land up to 50 metres into the …
Read More »Court rejects request for torture probe by Kirumira murder suspect
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso Grade One Magistrate Martin Kirya has rejected an application seeking investigations into the alleged torture of Abubaker Kalungi, the key suspect in the murder of former Buyende District Police Commander Muhammad Kirumira. Kalungi who had also used the same application to seek permission to …
Read More »Bustling Ugandan border town on high alert for Ebola
Mpondwe, Uganda | Michael O’HAGAN – AFP | Stormwater from the peaks of the Rwenzori Mountains swells the muddy Lhubiriha River that marks the often porous border between western Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Less than 70 kilometres (40 miles) away, authorities have already confirmed one case of …
Read More »MP Nandala helps block motion to degazette forests
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Budadiri West Member of Parliament Nathan Nandala Mafabi has this afternoon blocked debate on a motion seeking a resolution of parliament to degazette and gazette forests. The motion had been lined up on the order paper to be presented by Elgon County legislator Ignatius Wamakuyu …
Read More »Vipers eye Algerians, win away vs BUL FC in Njeru
Njeru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vipers FC has secured a 3-1 win against BUL FC at the Njeru based FUFA technical center in Buikwe to maintain its second position on the Uganda Premier League table. Dan Sserunkuma, Tito Okello and Dan Sseninde scored the three goals for Vipers FC in …
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