NEWS

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joshua Mutabazi, the National Unity Platform-NUP party flag bearer who was withdrawn from the Bukimbiri County by-election has crossed to the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Mutabazi was nominated on Tuesday to contest with Owebeyi, Eddie Kwizera Wagahungu of the National Resistance Movement (NRM)-party, and independent candidate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has donated solar equipment to Arua Regional Referral Hospital in a bid to support the hospital deal with the rampant electricity shortages in the region. The Speaker, who was disheartened to learn that mothers have been dying at the hospital …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lira City Resident Commissioner has ordered the arrest of John Moses Ajuga, a Criminal Investigations Officer at Lira Central Police Station for releasing a notorious defilement suspect. Lawrence Egole issued the order after Ajuga released Steven Ayine Mugisha, who was arrested on Friday from St. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Finance in charge of Planning, Amos Lugoloobi has asked lawmakers to conduct extensive research on the Local Content Bill arguing that in its current form, 90 per cent of the proposed law is procurement related. The Private Member’s Bill seeks to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lance Corporal John Nuwagira is on remand in Makindye Military Barracks on charges of indecent relationship with his boss’ wife. He appeared on Tuesday before the Uganda People’s Defense Court-UPDF General Court Martial chaired by Brigadier Robert Freeman Mugabe. He was charged with conduct prejudicial …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil society actors are operating in uncertainty of their future as the deadline for the Democratic Governance Facility-DGF to wind down its operations in Uganda draws closer. The facility, a pool of funds from different international donors is the major funder of over 60 Non-Governmental Organisations-NGOs, …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Haruna Mugerwa, a journalist with Vision Group’s Bukedde TV has spent the night in police cells in connection to the death of a guest house attendant in Lwengo district. Mugerwa is locked up at Mbirizi police station in Lwengo district, as a key suspect in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Martin Ochola Okoth wants the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI) to vacate the police land in Naguru. In a statement presented by the Director, Logistics and Engineering, AIGP Richard Edyegu …

Kyankwanzi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has finally intervened in the land wrangle involving more than 1,000 residents of Kyankwanzi district and Patricia Linda Nyakairima, the widow of the late Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Aronda Nyakairima. The disputed land measuring approximately 5 square miles covers Kyerere North, Kyerere East, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Independent Online Journalists Association-Uganda (INDOJA-U) have called for an overhaul of the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill. The bill proposed by Kampala Central Member of Parliament, Muhammad Nsereko among other things prohibits the sharing of any information relating to a child without authorisation from a parent …