NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, inspected works at the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole. Among, accompanied by a team from Parliament, was taken on a guided tour by army officials supervised by sports state minister, Peter Ogwang, and was satisfied with the works done by …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Landowners living under the threat of eviction in the Albertine Graben’s Buliisa district stormed the High Court Hoima demanding a judicial review against a Court ruling that permitted the government to evict them from their land. Some of the infrastructure by TotalEnergies’ Tilenga project …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The defence trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo alias Latoni kicked off Monday before the International Crimes Division of the High Court of Uganda sitting at the Gulu High Court circuit. Kwoyelo is facing 78 charges of war crimes and …

Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Government, through the National Oil Palm Project (NOPP), officially commenced planting oil palm crops in the Busoga sub-region on Friday. The project, introduced in the area thirteen years ago, finally began with the planting of a four-acre garden at Buwolya Village in Mpungwe Sub …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has certified and awarded Mandela Millers with an ISO 22000 certification for its food safety and quality standards.   Patricia Bageine Ejalu, the Deputy Executive Director of Standards at UNBS, represented the Executive Director at the award …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Most Reverend Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda has warned the government against dictating on tuition without consulting foundation bodies. Recently, the Ministry of Education and Sports threatened to close schools should they defy government guidelines and increase school …

GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cancer Institute -UCI is seeking additional land from Gulu City Council authorities to facilitate the completion of the Northern Regional Cancer Center project. The Center, built by the government at an estimated 30 billion shillings, currently sits on a 4.5-acre out of the proposed …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua City health department is on high alert following a suspected outbreak of conjunctivitis, commonly known as Red Eye disease in some schools. According to information from Arua City health officials, at least 13 suspected cases of red eye have been registered of which six …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When Pastor Christian Aliddeki, the former President of the Uganda Union Mission, officially the Archbishop of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Uganda, retired from active service, he wanted to go home, have a rest from the public, and enjoy the support of his six …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Improving access to clean water for rural communities dominated debate on the Ministerial Policy Statement and budget estimates of the report of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. Emmanuel Otaala, the Chairperson of the committee presented the report which was adopted during the plenary …