NEWS

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UPDF armoured brigade has joined the police force to contain the escalating murders in greater Masaka region. This follows the unexplained killings of 18 people in the region in less than two months. The killings started in early July and spiraled into this month. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government ministries are yet to agree on how to manage the Shillings 200 billion relief package that President Yoweri Museveni announced for micro, small and medium enterprises while announcing the second COVID-19 induced lockdown. More than a month later, the money is yet to be …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The members of Pa’Lubele clan in Paipir village, Pader district where the former Deputy Inspector General of Police Maj Gen. Paul Lokech hails from have asked Ugandans to forgive their son for any wrongs he could have committed during his tour of duty. Gen. Lokech …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Livestock farmers in Bunyoro sub-region have asked the government to reopen livestock markets. In June, President Yoweri Museveni closed livestock markets across the country as part of the measures to curtail the spread of Covid-19.  According to the President, the livestock markets attract people from …

Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke | Eng. Sylvester Anthony Matemu of Tanzania has begun his two-year rotational role as the head of the Nile Basin Initiative. He takes over from Prof. Seifeldin Hamad Abdalla of Sudan. The Nile Basin Initiative whose headquarters are in Entebbe, Uganda, is a regional inter-governmental partnership …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chairpersons of Emyooga Savings and Credit Cooperatives in the Ankole region are struggling to recover Emyooga funds. Emyooga was launched in 2019 aiming at creating jobs and improving household incomes of Ugandans in various categories including the boda boda riders, journalists, taxi drivers, restaurant owners, …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Lira has dismissed with cost an election petition filed against Linda Agnes Auma, the Lira District Woman MP. This petition was filed by Bony Aliro, a voter from Aromo sub county in Lira district who accuses the Electoral Commission of nominating …

Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda has issued a roadmap for the election of the new Bishop for North Kigezi Diocese in Rukungiri district. The new Bishop will replace the late Bishop Rt. Rev. Benon Magezi who succumbed to Covid-19 on June 15 from Mulago National Referral …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has started reconsidering the Succession Amendment Bill, 2018 that was recently returned to Parliament by President Yoweri Museveni. MPs on the committee met with Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Administrator General Charles Kasibayo and the mover of the Bill, Rosette …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Natural Resources Committee are divided on the move by the government to revert the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. This followed a presentation by Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy in which she …