Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Power consumers in Bududa are protesting the persistent power outages. The consumers in Kuushu town council have been experiencing the power outage for the past one month, which has destabilized businesses. Dickson Natsami and Paul Mateya, who both operate shops in the area, said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Last month, human rights lawyer and activist, Eron Kiiza came under fire for allegedly writing offensive Facebook posts against the Mubende Resident judge, Joseph Murangira. Uganda Law Society –ULS, which is charged with ensuring high levels of professionalism among lawyers, asked him to ‘withdraw’ …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed Area land committee from five divisions of Kampala have been sworn in and issued instruments of power. The swearing-in ceremony was held on Thursday at Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA offices at City Hall and presided over by Reuben Kamoga, the Authority …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja West Member of Parliament Moses Grace Balyeku says he spent up to 2.4 Billion shillings to buy off interests of six businessmen in the controversial Jinja district land saga. He told the Commission of Inquiry into land matters on Thursday that he bought …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has allowed the Opposition to present their electoral reform proposals. In January, the Shadow Attorney-General Wilfred Niwagaba and Ndorwa East MP gave notice to Parliament on his intention to introduce a private members bill entitled the constitutional …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer, Hassan Male Mabirizi has dragged the Judiciary Permanent Secretary, Pius Bigirimana to court for scrapping the 30 percent allowance for judicial officials that was approved by cabinet in 2014. He is jointly sued with the Attorney General in a suit before the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has directed the Human Rights Committee of Parliament to visit safe houses. The directive follows a meeting between the Human rights committee chaired by Janepher Nantume Egunyu and the Minister for Security Elly Tumwine on Wednesday. During …

Monaco, Principality of Monaco | AFP | Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk won the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award on Thursday, edging out Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Lucy Bronze took the women’s prize. Dutchman Van Dijk starred as Liverpool won their sixth European Cup last season with a 2-0 Champions League …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester United cut their losses on Alexis Sanchez on Thursday as the Chilean joined Inter Milan on a 10-month loan deal with the English giants still on the hook for much of his reported £400,000 a week salary. The Red Devils believed they were closing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is still lagging behind to the attainment of Universal Health Coverage-UHC despite the 2030 target set by the global health community. Health expert say there are no feasible objectives and indicators of progress made by the country. Sarah Nahalamba, the acting Head of …