KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defence Forces-CDF Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said he is going to arrest the Director of Criminal Investigations in the Uganda Police Tom Magambo. In a series of tweets, which he has since deleted, Muhoozi said, the arrest will not stop at …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of the National Unity Platform (NUP) is assessing the recent raid on their offices by joint security operatives. On Thursday and Friday, a search was conducted by joint security forces comprising of the police, army and joint anti-terrorism task office. The security …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defence Forces-CDF who is also a son of President Yoweri Museveni Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has revealed that he was part of the security forces that raided the National Unity Platform-NUP offices at Kamwokya and Makerere Kavule. On Thursday, police together with …

Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After working for nearly three years as a banker at Uganda Women Trust Bank, Grace Kwach Kermundu decided to leave the banking sector and pursue agriculture as a business. Grace started her farming journey as a joke in 2011, with just 4 acres of …

ARUA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Martha Tiko Ondoga, a founding member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has pleaded with President Yoweri Museveni to intervene and pardon him. Besigye, along with his co-accused Hajji Obeid Lutale, are in Luzira Prison since November last year. They are accused of …

MUKONO, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | A second worker has died at Sena Factory Limited in Kasenge B Village, Mbalala Parish, Mukono District, Mesarch Obba, 18, died on Friday after he was crushed by an improper folk lifter which went out of the operator’s control. Obba becomes the second worker …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MultiChoice Uganda, the home of great Pay TV entertainment recently hosted an exclusive masterclass aimed at equipping Ugandan filmmakers and content creators with essential film skills, particularly in the area of casting for film. The training, which took place at the UCC offices in Bugolobi …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Governor Bank of Uganda, Michael Ating -Ego has asked financial institutions and stakeholders to re-channel business model strategies that can lift subsistence agriculture to the money economy. Ating was on Saturday speaking at Rock Classic Hotel Tororo district during a meeting organized by …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes suffered a major setback following a 1-0 home loss to West Ham United on Saturday. Jarrod Bowen’s diving header in the 44th minute from Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s cross gave Graham Potter just his second league win as West Ham coach. Potter …

NAIROBI, KENYA | TASS | The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo cannot be resolved by means of sanctions, the Rwandan foreign ministry said in a statement, commenting on the US sanctions against Minister of State James Kabarebe. The ministry slammed these sanctions as “unjustified and unfounded.” “If …