NEWS

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nicholas Opiyo, a renowned human rights lawyer has been granted a sh15 million cash bail after more than a week in custody. Opiyo, the executive director of Chapter Four Uganda, a human rights organization was arrested last week, Tuesday with two others …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has reassured supporters of the National Resistance Movement-NRM of security. Addressing voters in Wakiso and Kampala on radio and TV on Tuesday night, Museveni said that he had received information that some NRM flag bearers and supporters have received death threats. Museveni …

Mityana, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mityana and Kassanda districts have tasked the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) Presidential candidate Rtd. Gen. Greg Mugisha Muntu to form an alliance with National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu and defeat President Museveni.  The voters at Zigoti, Kabule, Mityana town …

Kyotera, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde has pledged to improve the livelihood of market vendors through the provision of interest-free loans and the introduction of certificates of ownership for market stalls. The former security minister says that through the certificates of ownership, unnecessary evictions will …

Kalangala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) coordinators and Police in Kalangala District have agreed on the campaign venues for the Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.  Rajab Ssemakula the NUP coordinator in Kalangala says Kyagulanyi will on Wednesday campaign in Kyamuswa County which include Kacungwa in Mazinga …

Nwoya, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A 28-year-old woman in Nwoya District is tormented by scars of the agony arising from a decade of brutality meted on her by her partner. Alice Adokorach, a mother of five who left her parents’ home at a tender age says her relationship has deprived …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Musician Eric Opoka has agreed to produce an improved version of the “Tumbiza sound” song to encourage observance of the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures- SOPs.  Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Health asked the Uganda Communication Commission-UCC to ban the song on grounds that some of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | If there is one thing likely to push Joshua Cheptegei to the limit in 2021, it is the fear that winning an Olympic double might not be enough to confirm him as the legend he has always dreamt of becoming. “I always told my coach …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Musician Eric Opoka alias Eezzy has agreed to produce an improved version of the “Tumbiza sound” song to encourage observance of the Covid-19 standard operating procedures- SOPs. Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Health asked the Uganda Communications Commission-UCC to ban the song on grounds …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hakim Sibukyu, the father of a girl who was allegedly raped and strangled to death in January says he is slowly losing hope for justice. Kirabo aged 10 went missing on January 9th and two days later, her body was found dumped in a flat …