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GULU: Voters protest use of plastic buckets for ballot boxes

GULU: Voters protest use of plastic buckets for ballot boxes

polling official under the watch of police inserts holes on the edges of the plastic buckets to allow fitting of security seals in Gulu cityGulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Polling at Limu Medical Flats Polling Station (OI-LZ) in Laroo-Pece Division, Gulu City, was thrown into chaos on Thu

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Breaking News: High Court Delivers Ruling On Musician Walukagga’s Electoral Fate

Breaking News: High Court Delivers Ruling On Musician Walukagga’s Electoral Fate

High Court Judge Simon Peter Kinobe has delivered a ruling in the case where Musician Mathias Walukagga had appealed the ruling of the Electoral Commission throwing him out of the race in Busiro East.On 9th this Month, Electoral Commission denominated Walukaga from the Busiro East race sig

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East Africa: Fish Farming Is Booming in Lake Victoria, but Pollution and Disease Are Wiping Out Millions. How to Reduce Losses

East Africa: Fish Farming Is Booming in Lake Victoria, but Pollution and Disease Are Wiping Out Millions. How to Reduce Losses

Aquaculture - the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms - is the world's fastest-growing food production system.The sharpest growth in aquaculture is happening in Africa. Average annual growth rates have exceeded 10% in recent years measured by production value.Over the past 1

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On Whether Bobi Wine Is Truly Evolving Into a 21st Century Idea In Uganda

On Whether Bobi Wine Is Truly Evolving Into a 21st Century Idea In Uganda

For virtually all its post-Tito Okello period President Tibuhaburwa Museveni has dominated every sphere of human life in Uganda: Education, Energy, Health, infrastructure, environment. He as transcended the boundary between the 20th Century and the 21st Century and Boundary between the old and ne

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Why Uganda’s oil refinery remains behind schedule

Why Uganda’s oil refinery remains behind schedule

An artistic impression of an oil refinery. Uganda hopes to complete construction of a 60,000 barrels/day refinery by 2030. COURTESY IMAGE/PETROLEUM AUTHORITY OF UGANDA.Delayed construction heightens importance of missing piece in

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Prince Kassim Nakibinge Leads Powerful 130-Year Celebration Honoring Uganda’s Islamic Legacy

Prince Kassim Nakibinge Leads Powerful 130-Year Celebration Honoring Uganda’s Islamic Legacy

Prince Kassim Nakibinge, the titular head of Muslims in Uganda, recently arrived at Kibuli Mosque to take part in the annual celebration marking 130 years since the return of the late Prince Nuhu Mbogo Kyabasinga.https://www.facebook.com/NTVUganda/videos/

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Police Release List of Successful Probationer Constable Applicants

Police Release List of Successful Probationer Constable Applicants

The Uganda Police Force has released the list of successful probationer constable applicants around the country.The force in March called for applications for a recruitment exercise for 10,000 probationer constables around the country.Consequently, interviews were conducted bet

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Police Arrest Activists Protesting Destruction of Lwera Wetland Outside NEMA Offices

Police Arrest Activists Protesting Destruction of Lwera Wetland Outside NEMA Offices

Police on Wednesday arrested two environmental activists who were protesting outside the offices of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) over the ongoing degradation of Lwera wetland.The demonstrators, affiliated with the Weka Afri Sustainable Biodiversity and Food Security

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Ex-Rwanda Embassy Driver Reveals How Bukenya Stole His Wife, Claims Museveni Failed Him

Ex-Rwanda Embassy Driver Reveals How Bukenya Stole His Wife, Claims Museveni Failed Him

Emmanuel Nyabayangu, a strong supporter of President Museveni, shared a personal story about losing his wife to former Vice President Gilbert Bukenya.Nyabayangu, who worked as a driver for the Rwanda Embassy in the late 1990s, claims that Bukenya took adv

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Govt opens up three new areas for oil exploration

Govt opens up three new areas for oil exploration

The Ministry of Energy says opening up new areas will, among others, contribute to the sustainability of oil production. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has opened up three new areas or frontier basins for petroleum activities spanning 17,244 square kilometres across the c

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