Kampala, Uganda | URN | A call for peace, reflection, and personal renewal set the tone as hundreds of Christians gathered for the annual Ecumenical Public Way of the Cross in Kampala. Preaching to the faithful, Rt. Rev. Joseph Anthony Zziwa urged believers to examine their lives and become true …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers have directed the Kampala Capital City Authority, (KCCA) to implement axle load control measures on city roads to have them last longer. The directive was made on Wednesday, 01 April 2026 during a meeting of the Committee of Presidential Affairs with officials from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators are furious that the refurbishment of X-ray rooms in 20 hospitals is has stalled because of non-compliance to procurement guidelines by the health ministry. The revelation came to light in a report from the Auditor General showing that the non-compliance with Section 60(6) …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Retired Supreme Court Justice Augustine Nshimye has died nine years after his retirement from the Judiciary, Uganda Radio Network has learnt. The death was confirmed on Friday by Judiciary Public Relations Officer James Ereemye Mawanda in a message to URN. He said the retired judge passed …
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Jinja, Uganda | URN | The Bishop of Busoga Diocese, Rt. Rev. Grace Lubaale has called on President Museveni to release all political prisoners. In his Easter message at Christ’s Cathedral, Bugembe, Lubaale stated that releasing political prisoners would demonstrate inclusive coexistence as a unified nation. “I appeal to President …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Court of Appeal in Kampala has upheld the conviction of two former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) officials and confirmed their 10-year disqualification from holding public office over a bribery case. The officials, Beatrice Nakibuuka and Jocelyn Wagaba Twemanye, who previously served as Ward Administrator …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Passengers aboard a Uganda Airlines flight from Johannesburg to Entebbe were left shaken after the aircraft made a sudden mid-air return following a bird strike that shattered part of the cockpit windscreen. The incident occurred on Friday morning when Flight UR713 departed O.R. Tambo International Airport …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have urged government to allow the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) to utilise its Non-Tax Revenue collections, to enhance enforcement of product standards, warning that limited funding is undermining its mandate. The legislators on the Committee of Tourism, Trade and Industry …
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Gulu, Uganda | URN | The Gulu Archdiocese has suspended the joint Way of the Cross that had been scheduled for Friday, April 3, 2026, in Gulu City, citing doctrinal differences with other Christian denominations. The decision brings to a halt a decades-old ecumenical tradition that has seen Catholics, Anglicans, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The salary of privates in the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces could jump from Shs 650,000 to Shs 816,280 if a resolution reached between the defence ministry and Parliament holds. The proposed salary increment was agreed to by the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
