Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to quash the directives issued by President Yoweri Museveni and Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo suspending several operations due to Covid-19. On Sunday, President Museveni announced a 42-day closure of schools to control COVID-19 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Law Development Center-LDC has defended its decision to pass out students without showing them their detailed scores. LDC is scheduled to hold its 48th graduation ceremony this Friday. However, in his communication to the students about the virtual graduation, Everest Turyahikayo, the LDC academic registrar …
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Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 500 farmers in Kwania district have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Global Educational Network to grow sorghum on a commercial scale in a bid to eradicate poverty. Washington Onyum, the General Secretary Kwania District Farmers’ Association signed the MoU with Bongomin Zorish …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero district have arrested a woman for allegedly beheading her own one-week old child. The suspect has been identified as Aidah Naluyange, aged 30 years, a resident of Kakinzi village in Butuntumula sub county. She is accused of cruelly beheading her own child …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 50 people are detained in police cells in Ntinda after they were arrested drinking in a bar last night in total contravention of the Ministry of Health guidelines against the spread of coronavirus. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire said that the …
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Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bundibugyo Resident District Commissioner, Amos Asiimwe Banji has denied claims about the reported influx of Congolese refugees into the district. He was responding to complaints by residents of Burondo, Ntandi, Bubukwanga and Ntotoro sub-counties in an interview with URN. It came after residents complained …
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Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Katonto village in Ddwaniro sub-county are in shock after a double tragedy in which a man in his late-30’s hacked his wife to death with a panga before killing himself. The gruesome incident occurred last night at around 10pm. The man so far …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Arab Emirates-UAE has suspended flights from Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. The move has thrown Uganda’s over 200 labour ‘externalization’ companies in crisis as most of their clients (employers) who take in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 1,500 students have so far been transported to their homes after they were stranded in the taxi and bus parks in Kampala. Since Tuesday, the government has been providing transport to clear the numbers of students stranded in Kampala to get back to their upcountry …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University History Don, Ndebesa Wambutsya has revealed that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s appointments of the new cabinet indicate that he is not planning on retiring anytime soon. Museveni few days ago named his cabinet with some of the names in the list taking Ugandans …
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