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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 vendors in Kikuubo business center in Kampala central business district are stuck following the eviction of their stalls by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA so as to reduce crowding. KCCA has evicted all metallic and wooden stalls that had been erected on the …

Bunyangabu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Bunyangabu district is holding a man for concealing the defilement of his daughter. The victim, an eight year old girl and a primary two pupil at Kiboota Primary School in Buheesi town council was allegedly defiled by her grandfather Joseph Kaganda. Hudson …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kasese District Health Officer-DHO, Dr. Yusuf Baseka is asking government and health partners to support the district establish an oxygen plant as Covid-19 cases increase. He also wants government to support local health facilities with oxygen concentrators and equipment to establish isolation centres. Kasese …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several acres of crop gardens are drying up in Amuru district due to the prolonged dry spell that has persisted since May this year. Like in other parts of Northern Uganda, farmers in Amuru had planted a variety of crops including beans, maize, rice and …

Former commander of LRA’s Siniya brigade was convicted to 25 years in jail for committing 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Northern Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine organizations have written to the International Criminal Court-ICC seeking permission to advise the court on the proper …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several primary school children in the Acholi sub-region are working in stone quarries and sand mining businesses as schools remain closed. Schools were closed last week for 42 days following a surge in the number of covid-19 infections. The children aged between 10 to 16 …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kitgum district have declined to release a private ambulance impounded from Kitgum Municipality legislator Denis Onekalit Amere. The ambulance registration number UBJ 962Y was impounded on Friday as Amere attempted to donate it for medical emergencies and timely referrals of patients in Kitgum …

Bunyangabu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A boda boda rider has been shot dead in Bunyangabu district for reportedly defying the inter-district travel ban announced recently as one of the measures to contain surging cases of COVID-19. The deceased has been identified as John Kugonza Rwahumura, aged 28 years and a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial has remanded 24-year-old Fiumoney Kessy Odoc, a security guard attached to private security firm Saracen Uganda Limited for illegal possession of defence stores. Odoc, a resident of Kiganda village, Kira municipality in Wakiso district appeared on Monday afternoon before the General …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Covid-19 cases surge, Uganda Prisons Services has reinstated the ban on visits to all detention centres in a bid control the spread of the contagious disease. Soon after Uganda declared her first Covid-19 case in March last year, UPS banned visits to all its …