Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has reechoed its efforts in promoting coffee growing in Northern Uganda as it aims to achieve its ambitious plans of producing 20 million bags of coffee by 2030. Eunice Kabibi, the acting Managing Director of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) told …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has pardoned Former Permanent Secretary  Ministry of Local Government John Muhanguzi Kashaka and Henry Bamutura who was sentenced to ten years in jail for causing the government a financial loss of 4.2 billion shillings meant to purchase bicycles for local council …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The trial of Molly Katanga for the alleged murder of her husband businessman Henry Katanga resumed on Thursday morning with the testimony of the ninth prosecution witness, Naomi Nyangweso, a sister to the deceased. Nyangweso revealed that before his death, Katanga had asked her …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has encouraged business owners especially manufacturers and agriculturalists to opt for affordable credit provided by Uganda Development Bank (UDB). The President made the call recently while launching the new Karuma 600 MW hydropower project which now takes Uganda’s installed capacity to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Ritah Namalwa to Luzira Prison on charges of forgery, personation and theft of about 700 million shillings from a Pastor. Namalwa was on Thursday arraigned before the Nakawa Grade One Magistrate Andrew Katurubuki who sat in for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education has phased out physical registration and licensing of schools, transitioning the entire process to the EMIS (Education Management Information System) effective next year. Dr John Chrysostom Muyingo, the State Minister for Higher Education, said that this initiative, set to be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A report from the 2024 Population and Housing Census has revealed that life expectancy in Uganda has risen to 68.5 years, an increase from the 63.7 years recorded in the 2014 census. According to the report, females continue to live longer than their male counterparts. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is on high alert following the confirmation of an outbreak of Marburg viral hemorrhagic fever in neighbouring Rwanda. Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, the Rwandan Minister for Health said on Thursday, that the country had recorded seven new cases of the highly infectious disease bringing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, John Mulimba, has today received Dr. Robin Nandy, the new UNICEF Representative to Uganda, who officially presented his credentials at a meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kampala. In his remarks, Hon. Mulimba warmly welcomed …

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Democratic Republic of Congo authorities have confirmed that 23 people have died after MV Merdi capsized into Lake Kivu in North Kivu province on Thursday. The boat that was carrying over 300 people and cargo was heading to Kituku port near Goma …