Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Police has confirmed that Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde will be charged with treason. The former security minister and now Presidential aspirant, was arrested Thursday night. Police said in a statement that the arrest follows “his utterances in a series of radio and television …
Read More »US Department pins Uganda on human rights violation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is again in the spotlight for gross human rights violations according to the 2019 country report on Human Rights Practices. The report was released by the United States (U.S) Department of State on Wednesday March 11, 2020. Michael R. Pompeo, US Secretary of …
Read More »Kaabong to vaccinate 300 000 livestock
Kaabong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kaabong district has embarked on mass livestock vaccination exercise against the contagious bovine pleuropneumonia. Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in cattle is caused by vaccine strain while goat plague is a viral disease in goats and sheep characterized by fever, sores in mouth and diarrhoea. The …
Read More »Govt urged to support single mothers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have raised concerns over the increasing number of single mothers, who they said have been left to shoulder the child care burden single handedly. Legislators observed that government programmes on women empowerment have largely focused on addressing gender based violence and …
Read More »Coronavirus: Akol ejected from plenary, Oulanyah ends self quarantine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kilak North Member of Parliament, Anthony Akol has been ejected from parliament and advised to self-quarantine. It came after Akol revealed to the house on Thursday afternoon that he had just traveled to South Korea and South Africa. The two countries have …
Read More »Do not defraud tax payers over students in China
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have warned government to resist the temptation of using the plight of Ugandan students quarantined in Wuhan, China over coronavirus, to defraud tax payers. The concern was raised by Ayivu County MP, Bernard Atiku, who claimed that the Ministry of Finance had sent …
Read More »Late deliver of planting materials frustrating coffee production: Rukungiri farmers
Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bwambara sub county in Rukungiri district are concerned about the late supply of coffee seedlings, saying it is frustrating progress of coffee production. The farmers explain that they often request for coffee seedlings through Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) in time to catch up with …
Read More »Patients’ lives at risk as water crisis hits health centres in Kasese
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A severe water crisis has hit health centres in Kasese district exposing the lives of patients and medical workers to risk. Most of the health centres visited by URN have inadequate or lack of water to run their operations. They are forced to get …
Read More »Public health experts call for proper hand washing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public health experts at Makerere School of Public Health have asked the public to carry out proper hand washing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. According to public health experts, poor hand washing is one of the areas that is likely to lead …
Read More »Govt presents UGX 1.2 Trillion loan request for Kampala-Jinja Expressway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Finance Ministry has tabled a loan request of Shillings 1.2 trillion for the Kampala-Jinja Expressway project. The project comprising the 77 KM Kampala-Jinja Expressway and 18 KM Kampala Southern Bypass aims at reducing traffic congestion in and around Kampala city, and provide rapid …
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