Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID has arrested three people over illegal possession of ivory valued at 76 million shillings. Charles Twine, the CID Spokesperson says that the suspects Dickens Opio, Denis Otuku and James Oluyi, were arrested from Oyam district. Twine, who is also …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | 18,000 girls from ten sub-counties in Kitgum district are expected to acquire skills in making handmade reusable sanitary pads when schools open next year. The six months training to equip the girls commenced in Kitgum Municipality with training of ten selected women representatives from sub …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Much of Kampala’s road network is dotted with potholes because the roads are too old and need of reconstruction, according to the acting KCCA Executive Director, Andrew Kitaka. He told URN in an exclusive interview that there is no way the roads can be …

Accounting officers should be on the frontline To say that corruption is wide spread in our society is an understatement. It touches everything and everyone but the poor and marginalised have the most to lose since wealthier citizens can privately source the services that corruption denies all of us. For …

As we get older, too few pounds can be just as harmful as too many | THE INDEPENDENT | According to the National Center for Health Statistics, about 43 percent of women and 38 percent of men 60 and older are obese. However, some evidence suggests that in older people, …

Madrid, Spain | AFP | Barcelona and Real Madrid will travel to the Clasico on Wednesday from the same hotel as part of a large-scale security operation aimed at reducing the impact of Catalan independence protests. The fixture had to be postponed in October due to violent demonstrations and there are …

Strange link shows up in yet another study | THE INDEPENDENT | A study in Korea has once again found that brushing your teeth is linked to a lower risk of atrial fibrillation (a type of arrhythmia) and heart failure. The study was published in` European Journal of Preventive Cardiology’. …

Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump is facing a likely impeachment vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. Only two US presidents have been impeached — Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998 — although both survived a trial in the Senate that would …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Regional integration is crucial for the survival of East Africans, President Yoweri Museveni has noted. According to Museveni, the region provides a bigger market compared to individual member states. He was addressing teams participating in the President Yoweri Museveni at the MTN Arena Lugogo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The oil sector in 2019 was dotted with both sheds optimism and pessimism in equal measure. The year started with government pledge for transparency in the sector when it signed up to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), much to the delight of civil …