Maputo, Mozambique | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s delegation to the joint parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation of the African, Caribean, and Pacific States and the European Union led by Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa, has stated that it will oppose plans to make them adopt and adapt to homosexuality. Tayebwa said Uganda …
Read More »Prison warder runs amok, shoots dead 2 colleagues
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police at Njeru Municipality in Buikwe District have arrested Jacob Otim 28, a prison warder at Bugungu Prison for shooting two fellow guards to death. The deceased have been identified as Eunice Abwot 25, a wardress and Edward Namanya 30, both working at the same …
Read More »Amin family plan to return body of Mwanga from Egypt
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of the late President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada has started plans to return the remains of one of his sons Abdul-Nasser Alemi Mwanga. The family says Alemi Mwanga died recently in one of the hospitals in Egypt. The deputy director of …
Read More »Muslims pray at home as factional friction causes closure of Lira Mosque
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Lango Muslim Community -LMC faction who pray from Madina Faizan Mosque have resorted to praying from their homes after security forces took over the Mosque following last week’s clash. On the morning of Thursday 27th, the Muslim faction based at Madina Faizan …
Read More »Pastoralists in Moroto cry out for food relief
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 10,000 pastoralists at Kobebe grazing area in Lotisan sub-county, Moroto district are going for days without any meal as the hunger crisis sweeps through the region. Three different communities which comprise the Jie from Kotido district, Matheniko from Moroto and Turkana from …
Read More »NUP’s Nyanzi loses ‘bill of costs’ appeal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has dismissed an appeal in which the loser of Kampala Central Parliamentary elections Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu wanted to review an order of 38 million shillings he was directed to pay to eventual winner Muhammad Nsereko as costs. Nyanzi’s appeal has also …
Read More »BREASTS CASE: Army man reports woman to police for drugging him
Police review CCTV footage, arrest suspect Assimwe alias Kalungi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police using footage from Closed Circuit Television -CCTV cameras have arrested a woman accused of dousing men in bars and lodges in Kawempe division. The suspect is Lydia Nakayizi Asiimwe alias Hope Kalungi. She was …
Read More »EBOLA: Private healthcare clinics can set up isolation centres
Kampla, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Private hospitals and clinics in Kampala have been urged to set up isolation units as the Ebola outbreak first announced in September, continues to ravage Uganda. Cumulative cases have now risen to 129 and by Monday, 2183 contacts of these cases were being followed up …
Read More »LUWERO: Two policemen gunned down, station set on fire
IGP condemns attack on police station Busiika, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security team in Luwero district has launched a manhunt for assailants who raided a police station 33km outside Kampala and shot two Policemen dead. The incident occured at Busiika Police Station in Busiika town council in …
Read More »Gulu lawyer charged with husband’s murder, remanded
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | Lawyer Francesca Amony has been been remanded to Gulu Main Prison for stabbing her husband to death. She appeared before the Gulu Chief Magistrate Said Barigye on Monday afternoon. She was charged with one count of murdering her late husband Dr. Joseph Etuk contrary to sections 188 and …
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