NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the Minister of Energy and Mineral development to present a comprehensive statement on persistent power outage in the country. There has been persistent power outage in the country with a nationwide blackout experienced on the night of Wednesday, 30 November 2022. Different …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Vice President Jessica Alupo, and Busia Municipality Member of Parliament, Geoffrey Macho clashed at the Children’s summit at Hotel Africana in Kampala on Wednesday, over sanitary pads. It all started when the organizers led by Moses Ntenga, the Executive Director of Joy for Children …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has urged legislators to strictly adhere to the Parliamentary rules of procedure when debating in the House. Tayebwa’s guidance followed Tuesday, 29 November 2022 incident where Francis Zaake, Mityana Municipality MP rose to speak on a point on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have expressed concern over the recent attacks on police posts in which officers on duty were injured or killed and guns stolen. A report by the State Minister for Internal Affairs, David Muhoozi, presented to Parliament on Wednesday, 30 November 2022, showed up …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | The High Court has dismissed an application by Monitor Publications Limited to halt the hearing of a defamation suit filed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in 2021. In his ruling delivered Wednesday morning, Civil Division High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana, says the suit will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alionzi Lawrence Dangote is the new Makerere University Guild President. According to the poll results announced by Edrine Nsobanyi, the Makerere University Electoral Commission Chairperson on Wednesday evening, Alionzi who is affiliated with the National Unity Platform-NUP, garnered 5,839 votes to beat off his National Resistance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rules, Privileges and Discipline Committee of Parliament has found the Minister of State for Housing, Persis Namuganza, guilty of contempt of the House and gross misbehavior, and recommended her censure. “The committee finds that the conduct and behavior of Hon. Namuganza constitutes gross misconduct …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The three Uganda Waragi brands – Premium, Pineapple and Coconut – have each won Gold Awards in the 2022 Monde Selection International Quality Awards, bringing the overall number of quality awards won by the brand to twenty-two. The Monde Selection Award – which began in …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube District Security Committee has ordered more than 300 squatters on part of the land Hoima sugar limited leased from Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom in Bugoma forest to vacate with immediate effect. The affected are part of more than 20,000 people who encroached on part of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Presidency, Milly Babalanda, has warned the public of the rising HIV infections, urging them to refrain from risky behaviors during the coming festive season. According to the 2021 Ministry of Health annual estimates, about 1000 people are infected with HIV every week, …