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31 RPCs graduate in operational, leadership skills

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-one Regional Police Commanders-RPCs have completed two months of leadership and command training aimed at retooling top police bosses amidst terror threats in the country. The graduates were part of the command and institutional leadership course intake 002/2021, which started on October 11th, 2021. The …

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Comedy Store to host new current affairs programme

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Comedy Store Uganda has a new segment titled ‘The Chill’ where a panel of comedians will be tackling current affairs but this time with a good dose of humour, its proprietor Alex Muhangi said on Nov.30. Muhangi will host a set of celebrities, mostly comedians, …

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Strange disease claims lives in Kyotera

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 10 people have reportedly died of a strange disease within just two weeks at Kijjonjo village in Kasasa sub-county,  Kyotera District. Denis Muyunga, the area LCIII Chairman, says that the residents first developed symptoms such as nausea, severe fever, vomiting, chest pain, …

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Court orders state to produce Sheikh Kirevu’s widows

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security have up to December 6th, 2021 to produce the widows of the late Sheikh Abas Muhammad Kirevu before High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana. “…. take notice that you are required to have the bodies of Nabadda, Nakachwa and Najjuuko produced in the said court …

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Keep off Congo’s resources, Gen Muntu pleads with UPDF

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) Gen. Mugisha Muntu has implored the Ugandan army operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DR Congo to focus on the operation. Muntu, a former long-serving chief of the country’s defense forces, urged the UPDF to avoid …

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Uganda’s Kaheru to monitor Gambia elections

The Commonwealth Observer Group  H E Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria, (Chairperson) Prosper Bani, Former Minister of Interior, Ghana The Hon Martha Karua, Former Minister of Justice, Kenya Robert Phiri, Executive Director, Public Affairs Commission, Malawi Hendrick Gappy, Former Chairperson, Electoral Commission, Seychelles Shyamala Gomez, Executive Director, Centre for Equality and …

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ANT demands repayment plan for Entebbe Airport loan

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party has asked the government to table before Parliament, a repayment plan for the Entebbe Airport loan. In 2015, the government represented by the finance ministry and the Civil Aviation Authority-CAA, signed an agreement with China Exim Bank to borrow …

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1,500 police officers deployed in Karamoja

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 1,500 police officers have been deployed in the Karamoja region. The deployment is seen as a boost to the security in the region aimed at cracking down on armed warriors and cattle rustling. The deployment comes as police and UPDF are carrying out a disarmament …

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Doctor on the spot for allegedly extorting money from patients

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A doctor attached to Amach health centre IV is in trouble for allegedly extorting money from patients. Dr. Pius Omach, who doubles as a surgeon at the facility is being accused of demanding money from patients before they can be operated on. According to reports, …

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Cabinet approves national transport and logistics policy

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Cabinet has approved the National Transport and Logistics Policy 2021, by the Ministry of Works and Transport, which is an updated version of the draft National Transport Policy and Strategy of 2014. The 2014 policy and strategy had been overtaken by the new developments …

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