Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Juliet Nanziri wants to be a dancer and a singer. But, her hopes of achieving this dream were shattered having been born with cerebral palsy, a condition caused by abnormal development of the brain or damage to the developing brain that affects a child’s ability …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed three Justices to the Court of Appeal and appointed twelve others High court justices. Those appointed to the Court of Appeal include Justice Irene Justice Mulyagonja, the Inspector General of Government, Monica Kalegira Mugenyi who has been serving …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district security committee is pursuing a group of people who are allegedly luring Ugandan youths to engage in subversive activities against the South Sudan government. Kitgum Resident District Commissioner William Komakech says that the impending hunt is intended to bring to book all …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political parties in Uganda have been asked to emulate the founding father of Independence and Cooperative Movement Ignatius Kangave Musazi in organizing their support bases under oppressive political atmosphere. The call was made on Friday by Dr Salim Ssimba Kayunga, the head of department …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agriculture Minister Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has encouraged farmers to embrace modern farming practices in order to guarantee improved and increased coffee production. Ssempijja who was yesterday speaking at the celebrations to mark the International Coffee Day held at Ankole Coffee Producers Union offices in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority-NDA has impounded an assortment of drugs worth 63 million shillings and closed 64 drug outlets in an operation in West Nile. The four days operation was conducted in the districts of Adjumani, Moyo, Yumbe, Koboko, Arua, Nebbi and Pakwach. Emmanuel …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investors in Uganda’s mining sector will be required to deposit an environmental bond as a security that they will restore the environment the way they found it. An environmental bond is a financial guarantee from a company undertaking the project that it will meet …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum Municipal council has received 146.6 million shillings from Ministry of Gender, Labour and social development for implementation of Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme [UWEP]. Benson Kidega Lugai, the Kitgum Municipality UWEP focal point person said on Friday that the fund will benefit 26 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A couple has pinned Phillip Akunguru a medical doctor attached to Moroto Regional Referral Hospital for illegally removing uteruses from patients, without their consent. The couple recorded the statement at Moroto Central Police Station following the arrest of the same doctor by the State …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have recovered the 32 guns belonging to private security companies that had reportedly gone missing. Last month, the Chairperson of Uganda Private Security Association (TUPSA), Grace Matsiko, said that private security company guns had gone missing in the hands of Police and …