NEWS

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Sugar companies from Busoga sub-region are seeking Parliament’s intervention in the fight against ‘unfair’ competition from ‘sugar bonds’ which has frustrated local manufacturers. While meeting Speaker Rebecca Kadaga today, the managing directors of sugar companies revealed that sugar bonds which were earlier banned by President …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Security Minister Gen Elly Tumwine has praised security forces for the decisiveness with which they quelled what he called a pre-mediated riots across the country last week. Over 40 people are said to have died, many of them shot by security officers, after protests …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono General Hospital staff are decrying the congestion caused by the overwhelming numbers of patients. At the beginning of the month, the district suspended volunteers from attending to any hospital activities claiming limited space during this period of Covid-19. Health workers say that volunteers have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has announced the reopening of livestock markets. The markets were closed in March by President Museveni as a measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19 disease. On Wednesday, the State Minister for Animal Industry Bright Rwamirama told journalists at the Uganda Media Center …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Uganda on Wednesday unveiled a pair of tigers at the Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC) in Entebbe. James Musinguzi, the executive director of UWEC said the animals, a male and a female, were from a South African partner zoo. They arrived in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elderly persons receiving the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment are mostly spending the money they are given to pay school fees for children under their care instead of using the funds to improve on their livelihoods. The sad but commendable revelation was made during the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and Uganda Media council have asked media houses to broadcast President Museveni’s weekly national address in the midst of campaigns. Presidential press secretary Don Wanyama recently announced that all media houses will be required to broadcast President Museveni’s address to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Football legend Diego Maradona has passed on, reports from Argentina indicate. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November. It was then announced he was to be treated for alcohol dependency. One of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Interfaith organizations have asked the government to speed up the passing into law of the Sexual Offences Bill to reduce the rising cases of gender-based violence in the country. The bill was re-tabled last year in November by Kumi Woman MP Monica Amoding nine …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence-CMI and Flying Squad Unit have joined the hunt for individuals who allegedly sponsored, organized and participated in last week’s protests. A senior policeman at Kampala Metropolitan police headquarters at Kampala Central Police Station intimated to Uganda Radio Network that security …