NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital needs 13 billion shillings to procure equipment for fertility procedures. The Permanent Secretary Diana Atwine says that to be able to operate fully and conduct procedures such as in Vitro fertilization (IVF), they will need to first install the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s representatives to the Pan African Parliament (PAP) have called upon member states to ratify the Maputo Protocol to achieve peace in Africa. The MPs are part of the delegation of legislators and technocrats attending a joint workshop for the permanent committees of the PAP …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers and dealers in Masaka are stuck with their produce due to slump in local market prices. Since the beginning of the year, the price of coffee has gradually decreased and of recent it has reduced by more than half to the cost of last …

Kigezi, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The decision by Kigezi diocese to ban political campaigns in Church has drawn mixed feelings among Christians. Apparently, incumbents and aspiring politicians would be given a platform during church services to woo voters on their side. However, Rt. Rev. George Bagamuhunda, the Bishop of Kigezi …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandans are paying way too much to use their cards at different Automated Teller Machines with commercial banks blaming the issue of foreign switch providers and the cost of moving money. The switch service providers, including Visa, China Union Pay and MasterCard enable one to …

Mbale, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Heavy rains have destroyed property worth millions in Kikindu market in Northern Division, Mbale Municipality.       The rains which lasted for over three hours on Wednesday resulted in flooding of shops, kiosks and stalls leaving vendors counting losses.   Some of the destroyed merchandise …

▶RESULTS ✳KCCA Speaker vote ✅ Abubaker Kawalya – 17 votes Nyanjura Doreen -14 votes Sengirinya Muhammad – 1 vote Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Results just in from City Hall indicate that independent Abubaker Kawalya has won the election of Speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA .The positions of speaker …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nurses and midwives in Uganda have renewed calls for better working and living conditions including accommodation and feeding, and have asked the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to intervene. Justus Cherop Kiplangat, the President of Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union said that nurses and midwives …

Arua, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 20, 000 animals including cattle, goats, sheep and pigs have been vaccinated against Anthrax and Black Quarter in Arua district.  Early last month, Arua district veterinary office received 30,000 doses of Anthrax vaccines from Food and Agricultural Organization-FAO following a three years’ ravaging …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The world is not a safe place for the girl child according to a new report released by the United Nations International Children’sEmergency Fund-UNICEF, Plant International and UN Women ahead of the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The report titled, ‘A …