Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has asked Parliament to push for salary increment for doctors and other scientists as directed by President Yoweri Museveni. Citing a Presidential letter and the President’s public addresses on Covid-19, Dr. Richard Idro, the President of the Association said there is …
Read More »Hoima councilors protest over unpaid allowances
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Councilors in Hoima district are protesting the delayed payment of their allowances. Hoima district has 32 councilors who earn 350,000 Shillings as allowance per sitting. Now, the group say that they are demanding allowances for the last three months, and are threatening to shun all …
Read More »Bukedea stores manager in trouble over missing NAADs hoes
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Bukedea have arrested the store manager of Bukedea District Local Government over the disappearance of 1,648 hand hoes under the National Agriculture Advisory Services- NAADs program. The hoes were stolen the previous week, but the authorities discovered them missing last Friday when …
Read More »Afghan evacuees: Three hotels in Entebbe fully booked
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three hotels in Entebbe municipality have been fully booked to accommodate at least 500 evacuees from Afghanistan, URN has learnt. They include Imperial Resort Beach Hotel that is accommodating the 51 evacuees, Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel and Central Inn. While Imperial Resort Beach Hotel is …
Read More »Over 12,000 teenagers impregnated in Mbale, Busia and Butaleja in six months
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Mbale, Busia and Butaleja districts are alarmed over the high number of teenage mothers. The three districts have registered 12,185 cases of teenage pregnancies within six months. Local leaders blame the vice on the prolonged closure of schools due to the COVID-19 …
Read More »Suspected South Sudanese rustler beheaded in foiled livestock theft in Lamwo
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Tumanun A village in Agoro sub county in Lamwo district killed a suspected rustler from South Sudan over the weekend following a botched livestock theft. The area LC I chairperson Ismael Ogak, says that the deceased suspect together with two others attempted …
Read More »Masaka murders toll rises to 28
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Machete-wielding thugs have killed another person bringing to 28, the number killed in unexplained murders in the greater Masaka region. The latest victim is 85-year-old Vincent Lusindi, a resident of Mpumudde village, Lyakibirizi parish in Kyazanga sub county, Lwengo district. Residents found his lifeless body …
Read More »Makerere law students panic as LDC enrolment deadline approaches
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Final year law students at Makerere University want the Law Development Center (LDC) to create a special intake for them. The deadline for enrolling for the bar course at LDC is September 10, 2021. However, the final law students at Makerere University have an entire …
Read More »Angry Mityana residents foil theft of animals
Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Nambute village in Bulera sub county in Mityana district have foiled the theft of their animals after intercepting a motor vehicle used by the suspected thieves. Led by their village chairperson Expedito Kyakuwa, the residents impounded the commuter taxi at a roadblock they …
Read More »Courts advised against declaring runners-up as winners of elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two weeks into the hearing of election petitions, the courts have been advised against declaring runners-up, who successfully challenged the elections of their opponents as winners without going back for by-elections. Supreme Court Justice Prof. Lillian Tibatemwa Ekirikubinza and Makerere University law lecturer, Dr Busingye …
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