Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vivo Energy Uganda has launched a campaign dubbed Shell Advance ‘Saawa ya ku yiliba’ which will see boda boda riders win over Shs200million worth of prizes including 12 brand new motorbikes, fuel, and other goodies, the company said on Sept.19 at Kyengera, Kampala. Alex Tusingwire, the head of …

Nairobi, Kenya  | THE STAR KENYA |   The Uganda government has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Mubende District, Uganda. Through the ministry of health,  the confirmed case is a 24-year-old male, a resident of Ngabano village of Madudu Sub County in Mubende District had  EVD symptoms. He …

Barcelona, Spain | Xinhua | FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernadez admitted that Robert Lewandowski surprised him in the first weeks of playing with the Catalan club. Poland captain Lewandowski continues his perfect start at Camp Nou after joining Barcelona from Bayern Munich this summer. On Saturday the forward’s brace led the …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two men have earned themselves a jail term of forty years for attempting to murder a six-year-old boy. Kayunga Chief Magistrate Sarah Tusiime sentenced Awali Kivumbi and Paul Ngwaswireki, both residents of Busolo village in Kayunga district on Monday when she found them guilty of …

  Guterres stressed the need to protect the right to quality education for everyone United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for action in five areas to transform education. At the Transforming Education Summit, Guterres stressed the need to protect the right to quality education for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has pledged to work with Parliament and other stakeholders in implementing its new resolution on curbing traffic accident deaths by 50 percent within a decade. The Head of Safety and Mobility at the World Health Organisation, Dr Nhan Tran, made the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two more suspects have appeared before the Makindye-based General Court Martial in connection to the murder of four policemen in Mityana and Kiboga districts about a year ago. The suspects are Benon Kisekka, a resident of Kinonya Masanafu in Kampala district, and Kassim Kibirango Muwanga, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People are using urine to neutralize snake venom toxins, researchers at Makerere University School of Public Health have said. The research came out with findings conducted in six districts of Arua, Gulu, Kamuli, Kasese, Nakapiripirit, and Mubende. This practice according to Dr. John Ddamulira, a …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When Nighty Akello’s 11-year-old daughter started complaining of pain in her stomach last year, she took it for a mild condition that would disappear in just a matter of days. Akello, a resident of Koch Akili village in Kochgoma sub-county, Nwoya district says that her …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Traffic Police, Field Force Unit-FFU, and the Military Police have launched joint security operations targeting errant motorists driving with impunity. Traffic police spokesperson Faridah Nampiima, says that the operation follows a spike in the cases of impunity by motorists on the roads, which sometimes …