Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Residents of Bulucheke sub county in Bududa district want government to consider developing Namasho bull fighting grounds into a modern tourism site. Namasho grounds have been hosting bull fights, which started in the early 1950’s as residents took their animals to drink salty waters …

Why it’s a costly waste of time for Ugandans Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Father Simon Lokodo, the ethics and integrity Minister’s planned re-introduction of the anti-homosexuality bill in Parliament has been described by human rights activists as “a waste of time and an unmitigated self-inflicted disaster for Uganda.” …

On Monday August 31, 2015, Sophia Koetsier arrives at Entebbe airport in Uganda. She is 21 years old, bright and ambitious, with a great zest for life, about to embark on a new adventure in a faraway country, on a continent she has never been to.  That summer she had acquired …

Exposing the police boss’s biggest problem Seven months after his appointment as Deputy Inspector General (DIGP) of the Uganda Police, Maj. Gen. Steven Sabiiti Muzeeyi, was on Oct.15 put on the spot. President Yoweri Museveni ordered him to stamp out increasing urban crime in the Kampala Metropolitan Area, an assignment …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Girls who have been raped or sexually assaulted are not demanding for Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) drugs. The drugs are taken after being potentially exposed to HIV to prevent becoming infected. Dr Daniel Byamukama who heads the HIV prevention division at the Uganda Aids Commission …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Kampala traders will on Tuesday march in protest of import rules by Uganda Revenue Authority-URA which they say has made it impossible for them to do business. The march, according to Kampala City Traders’ Association (Kacita) executive director Everest Kayondo, will involve clearing agents, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Road users’ satisfaction has improved across Uganda, according to the 2019 National Road Users’ Satisfaction Survey findings released this morning by the Uganda Road Fund. The National Survey gauged the satisfaction of road users in terms of road width, their safety, signage, markings, availability of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Harriet Nakyejjwe, the sister to murdered social worker, Maria Nagirinya, has revealed that she is being threatened for testifying against police officers. Nakyejjwe, who testified before the police court on Thursday, informed Court Chairman Senior Commissioner –SCP Dennis Odongpiny that one of the officers had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A police constable Davis Taremwa has been charged with two counts of murder, over a shooting that claimed two lives along the Entebbe Expressway, last month. Taremwa appeared before the magistrate’s court in Entebbe yesterday afternoon. The court heard that on September 5, 2019, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda the Most Reverend Stanley Ntagali has presided over his last graduation ceremony as chancellor of Uganda Christian University – UCU. In a graduation ceremony that took place at the UCU Campus on Friday, 1156 students graduated in …