Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change -FDC will officially challenge results of the just concluded Hoima woman MP By-election. The election was held on Thursday where Harriet Mugenyi Businge, the National Resistance Movement-NRM Flag bearer was declared the winner after she garnered 33,301 votes. …
Read More »
Adjumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soccer governing body FUFA will name a new Uganda Cranes national coach next week. Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) president Moses Magogo told an annual general meeting in Adjumani that “we have gone through a process of looking for a new head …
Read More »
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At Mbizinnya in Buwama Town Council, the race is on., armed with roasted chicken, gonja, soft drinks, and other types of meat, the roadside vendors are peering at an oncoming commuter taxi. The moment the taxi slows to the parking side; the vendors begin to …
Read More »
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Municipal council has received over 14 billion Shillings for implementation of the second phase of the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development-USMID project. This is part of the USD 360 million (1.3 Trillion Shillings) additional financing that the Ugandan government received from the World …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has ordered government to produce two suspects in the murder of former police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi, who were re-arrested after being granted bail. They are Yusuf Nyanzi and Jibril Kalyango. Justice Henrietta Wolayo of Civil Division of High Court on Friday …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has said that the government should consider leaving the taxation issue out of new NSSF bill, 2019, because of the anxiety it sparked among the savers. The government had suggested that workers who wish to withdraw their savings at …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) will today and tomorrow start excavation and laying of water pipes across Namugongo-Seeta Road at Kanisa Ya Kristo. Some sections of Namugongo-Seeta Road shall be closed to traffic which shall be diverted to alternative routes. In a statement, NWSC said …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) delegates have called upon electoral bodies to scrap nomination fees for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) intending to stand for political offices. This was one of the resolutions the delegates adopted during their closed-door meeting at the on-going 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference …
Read More »
🇺🇬 Results Day 1 💠800m W Winnie NANYONDO 1st Heat 3 2:00.36 Halimah NAKAAYI 2nd heat 1 2:02.33 💠3000m steeplechase W Peruth CHEMUTAI 1st heat 1 9:21.98 💠5000m M Stephen KISSA 10th heat 2 13:27.36 Oscar CHELIMO 14th heat 1 13:42.94 🇺🇬DAY 2 SCHEDULE – SATURDAY 💠 800m semis 7.15PM W.Nanyondo | …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mukono district is investigating circumstances under which Nathan Kamanzi, a student at Uganda Christian University-UCU died in a swimming pool. The third-year student of Human Resource Management drowned last evening in a swimming pool at Hasteh Royale Hotel, about 3 kilometres from …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price