Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has banned the production and sale of locally distilled alcohol in Arua city after it reportedly claimed about 14 lives and left others hospitalized in West Nile. According to the Minister of State for Industry, David Bahati, Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), the enforcer …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya Airways (KQ), the country’s national carrier, said Wednesday it reduced its loss to 9.86 billion shillings (about 82.22 million U.S. dollars) in the first six months ending June from 95.75 million dollars recorded in a similar period in 2021. Allan Kilavuka, the chief executive officer …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Security, Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi has revealed that government hast started plans to repatriate the body of former army representative Gen Elly Tumwine. Muhwezi made this revelation as lawmakers joined the rest of the country to mourn the late Gen Elly Tumwine. The …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI has set up a breast cancer clinic at the Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital with an aim of improving breast cancer care coordination services in the region. Dr. Collins Mpamani, a public health specialist from the Uganda Cancer Institute, says that …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has intensified surveillance on its western border following a reported Ebola case in the neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a senior government official said Thursday. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, told Xinhua by telephone that they have also intensified …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | The Fifth Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation took place on Thursday in a combined online and offline mode, with delegates from the two sides agreeing to further strengthen media cooperation. Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslim leaders in Luwero district have asked the Internal Affairs Minister, Gen. Kahinda Otafiire to reign on security personnel linking terror activities to Islam. Several Imams and Muslims have been arrested from Luwero district since the year began for their alleged links to terror-related activities. The …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been convicted for killing six climbing lions and ten vultures in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Vincent Tumuhirwe, a farmer and Robert Ariyo, a boda boda rider from Kanungu district were on Thursday convicted in the Utilities, Wildlife and Standards Court, presided over by …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima city authorities have allocated two acres of land to the National Drugs Authority-NDA to construct regional headquarters.  The land is situated in Nyarugaba cell, West Division, Hoima city. The regional office will help serve as a distribution and monitoring point for the National Drugs Authority. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has asked the High Civil Division in Kampala to dismiss a suit filed by city lawyer Michael Aboneka against the authority for failure to install streetlights along the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. Aboneka ran to the High Court on June 16th, 2022 to declare …