NEWS

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President, Yoweri Museveni has praised the Chinese Government for extending loans to Uganda and Africa where other partners have been hesitant. He was fielding questions at a press conference he jointly addressed with visiting Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House Entebbe ahead of today’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Water and Sewerage Cooperation-NSWC through SOGEA SATOM Civil Engineering Limited has embarked on cutting trees along the Kampala-Jinja Highway in Mukono town to pave way for laying water pipes to Katosi water works. The project estimated to cost Shillings 350 billion is funded …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Finance State Minister in Charge of General Duties, Gabriel Ajedra, wants the supervision of the National Social Security Fund-NSSF placed entirely under the Finance Minister. He was presenting the Ministry’s position to the joint Gender and Finance Committee of parliament on the NSSF …

Kaabong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Pt. Jimmy Masaaba, the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Force, UPDF soldier who has been on run in Kaabong has been shot dead by his colleagues. Masaaba reportedly shot dead, Joseph Nyerere, a foreman at the Chinese Construction Camp in Kaabong over the weekend and fled with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa Information and Communications Technology consortia groups, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology and the Uganda Communication Commission – UCC are lobbying all ICT departments across the African continent to come up with a joint position on global technology. The position agreed upon …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A muti-million Nodding disease care centre built in 2012 in Omoro district is deserted. The center that was built for treating and rehabilitating nodding disease victims has been left in the care of two guards, who have gone several months without pay. Found in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Fort Portal are protesting the poor state of roads in the area. The roads have developed deep galleys, large potholes filled with stagnant water, are slippery and others have broken culverts. The most affected roads include Maguru – Itara road that measures …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned politically elected leaders to avoid abusing the trust vested in them by indulging in bribery, assuming illicit wealth and arrogance. Museveni observed that leaders faced a lot of temptations, which can be avoided for the Glory of God. He …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has cancelled Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine’s independence music show. Ochola in his letter dated October 2nd, but released on Tuesday to Kampala Metropolitan police, said Kyagulanyi did not consider the plans for …

  Tororo, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | At least five people are in custody at the Special Investigation Division–SID headquarters in Kireka, Kira Municipality in Wakiso District on accusation of kidnapping a boy from Tororo District. The suspects allegedly kidnapped 11-year-old Richard Bunywelo, a pupil at Tororo Education Centre on his …