Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district health officials have returned a total of 108,220 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to the Ministry of Health. The vaccines were part of 166,586 doses of Moderna that the district received early last month to boost the mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign launched in …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua are hunting for an unidentified man who abandoned 20 bags of opium estimated at UGX 20 Million in a tricycle. The man reportedly abandoned the tricycle after spotting a police patrol vehicle along the Arua-Logiri road. The tricycle registration number UFH 240U …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija are demanding his unconditional release. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on Wednesday, the lawyers from Kiiza and Mugisha Advocates led by Eron Kiiza said, Kakwenza was arrested on Tuesday at around 4pm from his home in Kisaasi, a Kampala city …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU, has distributed 1000 kilograms of impounded immature fish to Uganda Prisons Services, police and the army in Hoima. The immature fish was impounded from various landing sites on Lake Albert in the Bunyoro sub-region where the Fisheries …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Beni-Butembo Garrison Military prosecutor’s office in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has opened up investigations against certain Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Commanders accused of planning and ordering a bomb attack at In-Box restaurant-bar in the city of Beni, North Kivu province, on Christmas …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | CNOOC Uganda Limited, an oil and gas company recently trained and awarded certificates to drivers in heavy goods vehicle driving undertaken since October 2021. The beneficiaries can now professionally drive heavy goods trucks and trailers (class CH License) or rigid trucks (class CM license). The …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP leadership is split over the approach that can appropriately be used to dislodge President Yoweri Museveni from power. Although the party contested the election results in a petition that was prematurely withdrawn from court, its leadership is now faced with divergent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an opportunity for small and medium enterprises to further access credit more efficiently, thanks to a newly established technological gateway to the European-based investors. This follows the launch of the partnership between CapitalSavvy, a Ugandan investment management and advisory firm and Monetix, a …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Lwengo district is holding a 37-year-old man for allegedly torturing and starving his children. Ivan Kisekka, a resident of Kakoma village in Kisseka sub county is detained at Lwengo district Central Police for allegedly starving and causing grievous body injuries on his …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of people with eye complications have flocked Lira Regional Referral Hospital to get free treatment. The medical camp that started on Monday was organized by the Pakistani Association in Lira with the support from the Overseas Pakistani Global Foundation Africa. The five doctors from …
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