Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Heavy rains on Wednesday blew off the roof of the Equity Bank branch in Kawempe. Traffic was paralyzed for more than two hours as parts of the roof blocked the Kawempe-Bombo road. Traffic police, the fire brigade arrived and were assisted by residents to remove …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA councilors have insisted that the Old Taxi Park should be reopened. Renovation of the park started in May 2020, and was planned to be completed in three months. However, the renovations took longer than expected as a result of heavy rains, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda has issued an exceptional permission allowing Supervised Financial Institutions-SFIs, at their discretion, to offer a repayment credit relief to their creditor in the education and hospitality sectors. The said SFIs include commercial banks, credit institutions, and microfinance deposit-taking institutions. Previously, authorities at …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers in Kalangala district are overwhelmed by demands for Covid-19 vaccines amid stock-outs. The district Covid-19 taskforce created 14 vaccination centres in the area, but the centres can hardly serve the high number of people that are turning up due to inadequate vaccine …

  Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | A group of rebels attacked several neighborhoods, including army and police positions, in the city of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), early Wednesday, according to security sources. The attack, which was blamed on a movement called …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima is holding a woman on allegations of poisoning her own baby to death. The suspect has been identified as Erivanesa Kabagire in her 20’s, a resident of Bwikya village in Bombo sub county, Hoima district. It is alleged that on November 1, …

Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kalungu district are hunting for Charles Mutebi, the councilor representing Kalungu rural sub-county, for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl. Mutebi is also the secretary for education and health, and was a teacher to the victim when she was in primary five. The …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have been deployed at Great Lakes Regional University, Kanungu district over an ownership row. The row is between Dr Hamlet Mbabazi Kabushenga, the University founder and Chancellor, and administrators led by Honest Wilkins Natukwasa, the current University director. Kabushenga was the University founder …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Torrential rains have destroyed more than 150 kilometres of community access roads across the 12 sub-counties in Omoro district. Residents are struggling to access services in different health centres, public markets and agricultural farms as the roads are too slippery characterized by deep holes filled …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Luwero Grade One Magistrate court has remanded the LC III chairperson of Wobulenzi town council to Kitalya prison for allegedly inciting violence. Moses Ssebalamu appeared before the Luwero Grade One Magistrate John Paul Obuya on Tuesday evening, and the charge of inciting violence was …