NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA has reduced the number of taxis that will be allowed in each of the taxi parks in the city as it moves to enforce physical distancing in one of the areas known to have crowds. As part of the guidelines …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of taxi operators have failed to register in the ongoing exercise being conducted by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA over failure to fulfill what they call unfair conditions. Hundreds of taxi operators converged at Old Kampala Secondary School and Kitante Primary School on Wednesday …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luweero is hunting for the driver of a Fuso truck which was involved in an accident at Nakazzi village in Luweero town along Kampala-Gulu highway this morning. The unidentified driver of the truck registration number UAX 949E from Arua municipality was heading to …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angaya health centre III in Unyama sub-county, Gulu district is temporarily closed and its staff quarantined. The move came shortly after a 72-year-old woman who visited the facility later tested positive for COVID-19. The woman allegedly picked the infection from her son she visited …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local vigilantes in Agago district have killed two armed suspected Karamojong cattle thieves. The two were killed in a botched livestock raid from Paimol sub county on Tuesday Linos Ngompek, the Agago Resident District Commissioner told Uganda Radio Network in an interview Wednesday that the …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been quarantined at Hoima School of Nursing and Midwifery in Hoima district. The four are said to have entered the country through the porous border points of Lake Albert on May 30, 2020. they were sighted …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Christians in Kasese district have been urged to remain strong amidst challenges of the recent floods and the COVID-19 pandemic. The call was made during the annual Martyrs day celebrations in the district which were led by Rev. Fr Joseph Mbusa, the Secretary of …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU and fishermen have both confessed committing mistakes which led to bloody operations against illegal fishing on Lake Kyoga. This came up during a visit by the Local Government State Minister, Jennifer Namuyangu to Nakasongola district on Tuesday to investigate complaints …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ever since the presidential order on lifting the lockdown of businesses operating in malls while keeping those in arcades shut, there has been a sustained debate on both main stream and social media platforms of the difference between the two. People have used nature …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi drivers plying the Eastern routes of Uganda have revisited the taxi fares as they prepare to resume operations. Public transport resumes tomorrow, June 4, after a move by the government to ease lockdown restrictions after more than two months of inactivity. Each vehicle will …