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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gertrude Nalule, a mother of five with two other dependents has this Monday been released from prison, close to two months after she was jailed for failure to pay a date of 2.88 million Shillings. Additionally, she has been on the verge of losing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  In the wake of increasing attacks on security personnel, the Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabasaija, has ordered warders and wardresses not to use their mobile phones while on duty. “Staff must not report for duty with phones, for they distract attention and …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sironko District LC V Chairperson, Livingstone Giruli and his Bulambuli counterpart, Anent Nandundu skipped a meeting convened by the Bugisu LC V Chairperson’s Forum to find a lasting solution to the dispute over the leadership of the Bamasaba Cultural Institution alias Inzu Ya Masaba. The …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister of Uganda, Robinah Nabbanja has said that government is mandated to honor the late Paul Ssemogerere with a 17-gun-salute as per the constitution. Nabbanja made the statement during the requiem mass for the the late veteran politician at Nattale-Nkumba, in Entebbe. …

Police bosses nabbed while reportedly celebrating robbery in a bar Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, has lauded Corporal Obbo, the Officer in Charge of Kiyunga police post in Kamuli district, for arresting two of his seniors who have been accused of …

Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed sorrow and lauded late Democratic Party leader, Dr. Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere. Dr. Ssemogerere was laid to rest at the family ancestral home in Nattale, Nkumba in Wakiso district on Monday. Museveni in a message read for him by the Prime …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Fort Portal are hunting for unknown assailants behind the murder of a female banking agent. Vincent Twesige, the Rwenzori West Police spokesperson identified the deceased as 23-year-old Sarah Ahaisibwe, who has been working as an agent banker at her aunt’s shop identified …

Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of mourners today gathered in Nattale-Nkumba, Entebbe during the final send off of veteran politician Dr. Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere. Ssemogerere, 90, died on Friday at his home in Rubaga division. Rt. Rv.Joseph Antony Zziwa, the Bishop of Kiyinda Mityana Diocese, who led the requiem mass, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Old Kampala Hospital is demanding an apology from the Kampala Capital City Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, and their former patient Muhamood Kabanda for alleged defamation. Last month, the two ran to social media accusing the hospital of harvesting Kabanda’s kidney when he was admitted following …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi sub-region has registered a reduction in new cases of HIV/AIDS infections. A new report reveals that new cases of HIV/Aids in the region had lowered by 72 percent from 11,358 in 2017 to just 3,175 in 2021. This was disclosed during the second Regional Health …