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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district has run out of Covid-19 vaccines. The district received 1,571 doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinovac early this month. This was in addition to 1,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that had been supplied by the Ministry of Health in August. The acting …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Rex Aachila, the Busia Resident District Commissioner-RDC has summoned Joseph Balisanyuka, the Chief Administrative Officer-CAO over misappropriation of 49 million Shillings. The funds were part of Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA’s compensation paid to Masafu sub-county for encroaching part of its land (Masafu sub-county play …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamuli police have rounded up eleven suspects believed to have actively participated in lynching Police constable Francis Kasolo on Sunday evening. The suspects are Isima Muzaale, Karim Walujo, Robert Mpule, Yoweri Wanjala, Yoweri Oliga, Silvestor Magala, Zabwe Wabwire, Yonah Mvabagwa, John Ekijati, Ewaku Mugatu and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM Parliamentary Caucus has resolved to carry out a two-weeks consultation on President Yoweri Museveni’s proposed ban of bail for capital offence suspects. Museveni on Tuesday addressed the NRM legislators at Kololo Independence grounds and according to the Government Chief Whip …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Isaac Muwata has lashed out at the lawyers representing Shukla Mukesh alias Shumuk, the former Nakawa West parliament candidate for wasting the court’s time. Mukesh wants the high court to overturn the victory of Joel Ssenyonyi on grounds that the Electoral Commission did not …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah says there is need to ensure that all Ugandans understand the value of the right to access to information. He said while Uganda and other countries have enacted laws guaranteeing the right to access to information, such laws seem to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party has condemned President Museveni’s proposal to abolish the constitutional right to bail of suspects accused of capital offences. The DP spokesperson Okoler Opio Lo Amanu told the media in Kampala that the move is unconstitutional and it will suppress the independence of …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has been urged to fast track the implementation of a presidential directive for the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF ) to take full charge of veterinary drugs regulation and control. Speaking at celebrations to mark World Rabies Day in Arua …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has called for the maintenance of court bail as a way of ensuring that justice and the rule of law prevail. The Katikkiro made the call at Bulange Mengo where Buganda loyalists from Buddu County in greater Masaka …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Col. Edith Nakalema, the head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit has ordered Mukono diocese and Buganda Land Board-BLB to carry out a joint verification of tenants on Nakanyonyi church land. The land measuring 426 acres is under contention between the residents, who claim to …