Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakasongola District Task Force on Mpox disease has resolved to open two isolation centres to admit patients as the virus surges. At least nine people have been diagnosed with Mpox virus in Nakasongola and the district carries the largest burden in the country. The …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Soroti family has married off their 14-year-old daughter, a primary four pupil at Awoja Bridge Primary School, after discovering that she is pregnant. The situation came to light when her parents confronted her about her pregnancy, and she revealed that the father was her …

Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty UPDF marine soldiers graduated Wednesday after completing a three-month coxswain course at the Ntokoro marine military base in Mayuge district. The training focused on life-saving skills, enabling the graduates to navigate water bodies with ease. The coxswains were also retooled in primary tactics for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | They say Information is power and that an informed person is an empowered person, just like informed communities are empowered communities. However, the level of how much people and communities are informed varies across, based on several factors, including urban-rural, education and income, and this …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee of Commissions, Statutory, Authorities and State Enterprise-Cosase have called on the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Matia Kasaija to sanction the Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner General John Musinguzi Rujoki for spending taxpayers’ money over and above what Parliament had approved …

Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Travelers, traders, and motorists accessing Northern Uganda through the Masindi port have decried congestion at the ferry crossing point in both Kiryandongo and Apac districts. Following the closure of the Karuma Bridge in September that links Midwestern, Northern Uganda, and West Nile Sub-regions, the government guided …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Gulu has scheduled a ruling for Friday, October 4, regarding the burial of Severino Okoya Kiberu, a self-styled prophet and father of former Holy Spirit Movement rebel leader Alice Lakwena. Okoya passed away on July 13 at his home in Pece-Laroo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three German nationals were picked up recently by the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration for working in Uganda illegally. The trio, whose identities have been withheld were working for Konrad Adenauer Stiftung-KAS at their Uganda -South Sudan offices in Kampala. According to people who spoke to …

Tony Elumelu at #NGA79: Driving Financial Inclusion, Tackling Global Hunger, Unemployment New York, the United States | THE INDEPENDENT | Tony Elumelu, Group Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, used his platform at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New …

Nakasongola has carried over 40% of Mpox burden Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA  – URN  | The number of confirmed Mpox cases in Uganda is now 41, doubling from 22 just two weeks ago. The Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed on Wednesday that the majority of these cases have been recorded …