NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The High Court has overruled an objection raised by the Electoral Commission in a case wanted an interim application seeking to have Ugandans in the Diaspora and prisoners allowed to participate in the voting process. On Wednesday, the lawyer for Electoral Commission Hamid Lugolobi asked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security surveillance in Acholi districts bordering war-torn South Sudan to avert cross border crime during the festive season and looming dry period. The districts that include Agago, Lamwo, Kitgum and Amuru experience a surge in livestock thefts and armed robberies around this …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Capt. Ronald Akandwanaho, the commandant of the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU in Mayuge and Jinja districts wants a special court established to handle cases related to illegal fishing practices. He told URN in an exclusive interview on Thursday that the general court often delay to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A man has been arrested for allegedly beheading his wife, Sharon Kansiime, in a domestic brawl on Wednesday night. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, said Joseph Mpuluriza picked a quarrel with Kansiime over unknown reasons and in the scuffle used a machete to chop …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has issued criminal summons to two accused persons jointly charged with Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. They are David Lule also known as Selector Davie and Edward Sebufu alias Eddy Mutwe. This is the second time …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) on Thursday opened a new food safety laboratory with a pledge to prioritize consumer health and facilitate speedy testing of Uganda’s food for local markets and export. Food laboratory helps in ensuring the safety and quality of food …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of five Constitutional court judges has dismissed an application by four time presidential candidate Dr. Kiiza Besigye asking court to nullify the offense of unlawful assembly in the penal code Act. The panel comprising Justices Kenneth Kakuru, Cheborion Barishaki, Elizabeth Musoke, Steven Musota …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Northern Uganda is the least beneficiary of different government University sponsorship programs, a report by the Equal Opportunities Commission-EOC has revealed. It came during a meeting between the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and the EOC led its chairperson, Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi. In its 2018/2019 financial report, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dark memories surrounding the 1966 crisis were evoked as friends and family celebrated the life of Dr. Emmanuel Lumu, Uganda’s first native Health Minister. Dr. Lumu, who was born in 1916, breathed his last at his residence in Bakuli on Wednesday morning. He was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The treasures of the World’s Mountains are under severe threats of climate change, the United Nations’ Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned. The UN Environment agency says communities which live in mountain regions near wildlife and are dependent on crops and livestock face great hardships …