Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders and subjects of Rwenzururu kingdom in Kasese district have condemned the remarks made by the Commander of the Uganda Land Forces, Lt. Gen Peter Elwelu regarding the Kasese killings of 2016 and asked government to apologize for them. In November 2016, the military hit the …
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Ministry of Education tells semi-candidates that ‘you are not yet candidates’ 📌 UGANDA 🇺🇬 NEW BACK TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE ▶ P1, P2 & P3 – June 7 ▶ P6, S3 & S5 – June 7 📌 3-year plan to harmonize school calendar ✳ Terms 12 weeks ✳ Holidays 15-17 days ✳ No exams …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For nine years, Jothan Yamureebire Burobuto has been at Makerere University pursuing a Bachelors Degree, which would ideally take him four years to complete. He is now one of the students who graduated during the concluded 71st graduation ceremony that ended yesterday. The 27-year-old student enrolled …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese municipality has recorded an increase in local revenue collection over a period of ten years. While the district collected 650 million Shillings in 2011, the figure has since jumped to 1.2 billion Shillings by 2019, before taking a dive in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Immigration Control is prioritizing maritime training as a measure to improve the capacity of immigration officials to fight migration-related crimes in the country. Geoffrey Kambere, the Commissioner for Immigration Control says that because Uganda shares water bodies with some neighbors who are victims …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ibrahim Kittata, the new chairperson of Lwengo district has pledged to end the application of brutality as an approach to the enforcement of policies in the area. Lwengo district which was carved out of Masaka in 2010 has been in the limelight for the peculiar approaches …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Daniel Apedel, a 21-year-old member of the Firebase entertainment group has been found dead. Firebase is an entertainment company founded by National Unity Platform President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine. Apedel has been part of the soldier’s brigade, a wing that was responsible …
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Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people have been confirmed dead following an accident along the Bundibugyo-Fort-Portal road in Bundibugyo district. The accident occurred last evening at Bugama village in the middle of Semuliki National Park. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred when a speeding taxi registration number UBH 654J lost …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two children have died in a house fire suspected to be an act of arson in Nalumunye, Kasenge, Wakiso district. Police has identified the deceased as Hussein Lubega, 13 years, and Ali Kabanda, 17 years old who died in a fire that caught one of the …
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Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has delivered a consignment of relief food to flood victims in Napak district. Last week, floods hit Napak district displacing 500 households in Morulinga and Matany sub counties. The floods destroyed houses, food and other household properties. Richard Sebandeke, the Napak Chief Administrative Officer …
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