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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City has successfully operated on and treated thirty children with Anorectal malformation, a birth defect where a child presents without an anus or narrow anal opening. Such children experience chronic constipation or difficulty in passing stool among others. The Acholi …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fourth Division Military Court Martial has sentenced a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier to 40 years in jail for the murder of a civilian on Christmas Day at Bondo Military barracks in Arua district. Court presided over by the fourth Division Military …

New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | After hosting the International Women’s Day in Kiruhura district, the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development Betty Amongi Ongom immediately flew to New York, USA, where she is leading the Ugandan delegation to the 67th session of the United Nations Commission on …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA |  Alliance Francaise de Kampala (AFK) on March 11th, hosted an awarding event for schools that participated in the French language diploma (DELF) school competition themed, “Njogera Francais- I speak French” The DELF is an internationally recognised certification awarded by the French ministry of education …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airport police have burst a drug trafficking racket involving one of their own and immigration officials. According to information obtained by URN, Airport police seized a consignment of 9.8 kilograms of cocaine on March 1, 2023, whose destination is yet to be established. The consignment had been cleared by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has resolved to cancel football matches that will have been confirmed to have been fixed, regardless of whether they are ongoing or due to commence. According to the Federation, this is one of the new measures to combat the …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1,800 residents of Bungatira Sub County in Gulu district have opposed the Lukodi Central Forest Reserve boundary opening exercise by the National Forestry Authority-NFA. On Thursday, NFA officials backed by soldiers and police started the Lukodi Central Forest Reserve boundary opening exercise to pave …

Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tragedy has struck a family in Rubanda district on Sunday. Lightling struck three family members dead. The dead are Ambrose Kanunu, 35, a resident of Rwamuyora village, Nyarurambu parish, Muko sub-county, his sons Justus Asiimwe,7, and Arnold Habomugisha,5, both former pupils of Bwindi primary school. According to Jotham …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda’s Nnaabagereka (Queen) Sylivia Nagginda Luswata’s Autobiography will be released on the 23rd March 2023. The Nnaabagereka writes in the book’s prologue, “On August 27, 1999, I became the Nnaabagereka of Buganda. Me, a simple girl had fallen in love with a king and become his …

Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people in Nwoya district are in police custody accused of burning the newly built Lii Sub-county head offices while trying to harvest honey from the ceiling. They are Gloria Becky Atim, an office attendant at Lii Sub-county, Francis Okello a Boda boda rider …