NEWS

District officials and Micro Finance Support Centre are yet forward names of the SACCOs that are supposed to benefit from the Emyooga funds Pallisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies- SACCO leaders in Pallisa district have asked the district officials and the Micro Support Center to explain the delays in …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Fishermen in Kamuda Sub County in Soroti district have voluntarily surrendered 15 illegal fishing gears to the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU. The fishermen first surrendered the illegal fishing nets to the LC I chairperson of Aboket landing site on Lake Kyoga.   The LC I chairperson invited …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) has started delivering HIV drug refills to people in the Island areas of Kalangala district using medical drones.   The delivery will start in Bufumira Islands as a project that will assess the effectiveness of using the technology to deliver medicines …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Artisanal Small Scale Miners in Tiira Town Council, Busia district are struggling to pay and renew mining licenses with the Directorate of Geological Surveys and Mines.  The Directorate introduced the Mining Cadastre Portal to ease the processes of registration, application and renewal of licenses among …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kasese District leaders have asked the government to relocate persons living along the banks of major Rivers Nyamwamba and Mubuku.   The leaders argue that they don’t have land to resettle the persons. They are also concerned that if the current heavy rains continue the district could …

  Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A group of jobless youths in Moroto has petitioned the State House Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate the just concluded recruitment in the district. In their April 3rd, 2021 letter, the youth say the exercise was marred with nepotism and tribalism against applicants from Matheniko …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Dozens of people were turned away from Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital for the third day on Tuesday due to the shortage of the COVID-19 vaccine. The hospital ran out of the COVID-19 vaccine last Friday prompting it to close the vaccination center at 2 pm …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Lokung Sub County in Lamwo district have discovered three unexploded bombs in a farm belonging to Ngomoromo Primary School.  The Ngomoromo LCI Chairperson Bosco Kidega says the bomb was discovered on Tuesday by parents and casual labourers who unearthed the devices as they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake has protested the delayed ruling in the case in which he sued the government and eight police officers seeking compensation for torture.  Zaake who was on Tuesday afternoon at the High Court Civil Division together with his lawyer Eron Kiiza …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has proposed to have an omnibus law that will facilitate the merger and disbandment of agencies created by Acts of Parliament and those that are constitutional. This is carried in a statement by the Minister of State for Public Service, David Karubanga presented …