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Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bududa district are holding two job seekers over forgery. The two, Micheal Wamula Wamanga and Julius Wafula, were on Monday arrested from Bududa Service Commission after a tip by the service commission officials. It was alleged that the two presented themselves for interviews …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people including a UPDF soldier are nursing bullet injuries sustained during a fire exchange between the army and armed South Sudanese cattle rustlers in Madi Opei sub county, Lamwo district on Monday. The civilian casualty has been identified as Peter Abac, a resident of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers and health rights activists are calling upon government to put a stop to the illegal vaccine mandates that are being introduced at several organisations across the country. As a means to stop the spread of Covid-19, some government offices like the ministry of health, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s total debt stock grew to 67.4 trillion Shillings by the end of the financial year 2020/21 in June, according to the Bank of Uganda. This shows a debt to GDP ratio of 45.5 percent, in contrast to earlier estimates of almost 50 percent, which …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commander Land Forces Lt. Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, says the UPDF will keep beefing up security in Karamoja sub region by deploying more forces in each of the nine districts ahead of a forceful disarmament next month. Gen. Muhoozi says the Ministry of Defence has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of three Court of Appeal Justices has reduced the 40-year jail term handed to city businessman Muhammad Ssebuwufu, and accordingly substituted it with an 18 year sentence for having murdered businesswoman Betty Donah Katusabe. In the same way, the panel comprising of Justice …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lack of access to sexuality education has been blamed for the increasing number of teenage pregnancies in Rakai district. A survey by Reproductive Health Uganda found that 2,093 underage girls were impregnated during the lockdown period. Fortunate Kagumaho, the communications coordinator at Reproductive Health …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The registered trustees of Indian temples under their umbrella body, BAPS Charities Uganda, on Sunday surrendered two plots of land to Gulu Senior Secondary School. The two plots valued at 500 million shillings are located in Bardege-Layibi division, Gulu city, and were split from an …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Fishmaws Traders Association–UFTA has asked parliament to clearly define in law the ‘fish maw size’, which they say continues to create friction between the dealers and the Fish Protection Unit. The association is an umbrella body of 21 locally registered companies and individuals …

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | There has been an explosion on a bus belonging to the Swift Safaris Limited at Lungala in Mpigi. Police confirmed one person is dead and scores injured in the  suspected bomb explosion on Masaka road. The remaining 37 other passengers were safe plus …