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Kassanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kassanda district council on Tuesday approved a supplementary budget of 305 million Shillings for the fight against Ebola. The budget was passed and approved at a special council sitting chaired by Speaker Godfrey Katumba. The money will be used for surveillance, response to alerts, awareness …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six suspects are in police custody for alleged impersonation during the just concluded police probation constable recruitment exercise in the Lango sub-region. During the recruitment exercise, candidates were required to present their original identification and education documents. They were later subjected to a screening exercise …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Soroti district spent Monday night in police custody for allegedly failing to refund bride price he recieved from his in-laws. Joseph Eyou, a resident of Agule village, Aukot sub county was put behind bars at Aoja police post, when he failed to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial in Makindye has remanded Major Gordon Joel Atwebembeire, over allegations of murder. Atwebembeire, 47, on Tuesday appeared before the Court presided over by Brigadier Robert Freeman Mugabe, and was charged with one count of murder. Court heard that on October 6th, …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Akena, an assistant pharmacist at Kitgum General Hospital is on the run following the recovery of government drugs and medical supplies from his private drug shop in Pandwong division. Akena also doubles as the principal storekeeper at the Kitgum District Health Stores. Abiaz Rwamiri, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and others from the police Professional Standards Unit (PSU), have pinned their colleagues over the shooting of a couple in Wakiso district that later resulted in the demise of a mother to a 4-year-old boy. Police headquarters ordered …

Terego, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uriama sub county LCIII chairperson in Terego district is trouble for reportedly selling off lost and found cattle. Vincent Okot Erema, is accused of selling four lost and found cattle that were recovered in May last year during the time of his predecessor, Lonzino …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pope Francis has appointed Reverend Father Dominic Eibu as the new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kotido. Bishop-elect Eibu, a Comboni priest born in Lwala, Kalaki district in Soroti Catholic Diocese, will replace Bishop Giuseppe Filippi whose retirement has been accepted upon reaching the …

Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six staff of Nwoya district Local Government have been given an ultimatum of one week to refund 170 million Shillings they diverted for the implementation of the Parish Development Model-PDM. The officials were implicated early last month following an internal audit that revealed 170 million …

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