Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division has ordered the Police Director in charge of Logistics, Godfrey Bangirana out of office. Justice Henrietta Wolayo has also stopped Bangirana from drawing any salaries and emoluments from government until the conclusion of the main case in which UYD …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police officers attached to the Mineral Protection Unit-in Ntungamo district are under the spot for torturing and harassing residents. The officers are deployed in Ruhaama sub county and Miraama-Kafunjo town council. They are accused of torturing residents accusing them of illegal mining and trespassing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is recommending demotion as one of the punishments that schools can commission against stubborn pupils, instead of corporal punishments. Henry Ssemakula, a senior education officer who heads the Health/HIV unit in the Ministry of Education said schools still …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been advised to establish a special unit for handling victims of road accidents and managing post-accident scenes. The call was made by the Uganda Professional Drivers Network and the World Health Organisation, during activities to mark the World Day of Remembrance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of computer experts are meeting in Entebbe to develop technology to combat wildlife trafficking in Uganda. This is part of a partnership between Uganda Wildlife Education and Conservation and the United States Embassy in Kampala. The experts are part of a team …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fuel consumers in Kigezi sub-region are asking the government to consider setting up standard prices for fuel. Currently, fuel prices are set by the various dealers as determined by the forces of demand and supply. But the consumers in Kabale district argue that the …

Keeping Global Health Community a Step Ahead of the virus | THE INDEPENDENT | Abbott announced today that a team of its scientists identified a new subtype of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), called HIV-1 Group M, subtype L.1. The findings, published Nov.06 in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency …

  Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Supporters of ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir held a protest Saturday vowing to oppose any move by the country’s new authorities to hand him over to the International Criminal Court. Dozens of his supporters, carrying Bashir’s portrait, gathered outside the Khartoum court where he is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | All government run health centres operating without latrines should close, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has intimated. During the opening of the inaugural parliamentary symposium on water and sanitation at Parliament on Friday, 15 November 2019, Kadaga said she was disgusted to learn …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Beneficiaries of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) have received good news from Uganda’s Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda. Rugunda who met the entrepreneurs recently at his office in Kampala led by United Bank for Africa management team discussed a possible partnership with the government of Uganda. The partnership …