Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |A new study of the private sector operations in Uganda shows an increase in the rate of job creation across sectors in Uganda. The study done over the month of April on corporate companies found that staffing levels rose in response to greater new orders, …
Read More »MOROTO: Suspected Karamojong warriors attack UBC radio station
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected Karamojong warriors on Thursday attacked UBC Totore Radio Station in Moroto district and stole 36 cows. The armed warriors attacked the kraal that is established inside the compound of the radio station. The kraal that is being guarded by the security forces belongs to …
Read More »MASAKA: Property destroyed as fire guts Ambiance discotheque
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire on Thursday gutted Ambiance night club in Masaka City, destroying property worth millions. According to eyewitnesses who operate near the discotheque, the fire was noticed from from the upper corner of the building and spread to other sections. “We tried to prevent it from …
Read More »KCCA constitutes roads committee
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa East Member of Parliament, Eng. Ronald Balimwezo Nsubuga has been named the new Chairperson of the City Roads Committee. This followed a closed-door meeting attended by Balimwezo, the Executive Director of KCCA Dorothy Kisaka, the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, other division mayors, and …
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Dauda Kavuma’s Ghetto Kids and the golden buzzer COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | In 2009, while working as a primary school teacher on a Shs60,000 (Approx. US$16) monthly salary, Dauda Kavuma says he took in three children aged about 10 years who were from deprived backgrounds. He was 30 years …
Read More »Constitutional court nullifies narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances control act
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court in Kampala has nullified the entire Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act of 2016 on grounds that it was passed without the required quorum in Parliament. Today morning, the five Justices comprising of the Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Stephen Musota …
Read More »Suspected South Sudanese raid 70 cattle in Lamwo
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seventy head of cattle were on Friday stolen from Abukutu Village, Kadomera Parish, Nyimur Sub-County by suspected cattle thieves from South Sudan. It is reported that the three robbers stormed the village at 3 am and raided the animals belonging to Anthony Antanacio Ayella. James …
Read More »King Charles’s Coronation
King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday in a ceremony that promises to be brimming with royal splendour and rituals that date back more than 1,000 years. Camilla Parker Bowles, Charles’s wife, is set to receive the title of queen consort and will also …
Read More »COVID-19 no longer a global health emergency- WHO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday declared that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of International Concern. The decision which comes three years after a global alert was issued for countries to take precautionary measures over the acute viral respiratory disease spreading …
Read More »NUP asks EU ambassadors to gold gov’t accountable on aid
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform (NUP), has asked the European Union Ambassadors to hold the government accountable and closely monitor the aid being extended to the country. The call was made on Friday by the NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi during a meeting with EU Ambassadors at the …
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