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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP youth league in Masaka city has suspended two of its members for undermining elected leaders. The suspended members are; Alice Nannungi, the Masaka city female councilor representing Nyendo-Mukungwe division and Ronald Kasekende, one of the party youth mobilizers in the area. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Mathias Mpuuga has held talks with the European Union (EU) Special Representative on Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore over the human rights situation in Uganda. Gilmore flew in from Brussels for a three-day working visit during which he …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busoga sub region Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association-USSSA, committee has banned Kamuli Progressive College from participating in their activities for a period of two years. The school has been banned after being found guilty of fronting an over aged non-student as part of their …

Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga East police are investigating circumstances under which 35-year-old Elvis Ogwal, committed suicide in his room at Blue Moon guest house along Market street, Southern division of Iganga municipality. His lifeless body was retrieved from the guest house room around 2:30 pm on Tuesday where …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jasper Awio, a former reporter with Rupiny, a weekly luo publication under the Vision Group has surrendered to Ojwina police station in Lira City West division for murdering his longtime girlfriend. Awio walked into the police station days after the decomposing body of Monica Amongi, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have tasked the government to explain the circumstances surrounding the construction of the specialized hospital in Lubowa. This was during the Tuesday sitting in which Parliament paid tribute to the former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah who died in a hospital in Seattle, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples Defense Forces and their Congolese counterparts are conducting civil-military programs in areas formerly occupied by the rebel Allied Democratic Forces-ADF. The activities include medical outreach programs, installation of water pipes and electricity in Kamango, Nobili-Mukakati-River Semuliki stretch. Maj. Peter Mugisa, the spokesperson of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker Anita Among has directed the Minister of Health to report to the House within two months on the progress of acquisition of a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is an imaging test that can help reveal the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial in Kampala has heard that the two police officers who were killed in Mityana district last year, were tricked into pursuing suspected robbers on the basis of a false complaint. 19 suspects, believed to be members of the Uganda National Coalition, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The ministry of agriculture has warned that several parts of the country have been invaded by the African armyworm (larva of Spodoptera exempta), a pest that attacks cereals and grasses or pastures. Agriculture Minister Frank Tumwebaze tweeted on Tuesday that so far, 14 districts have …