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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Subjects and well-wishers of the Kooki cultural institution are excited after the official launch of the first edition of the Lukooki book. The 48-paged book titled, “Tugambe Olukooki” was officially launched at the 17th coronation anniversary of the Kamuswaga Apollo Ssansa Kabumbuli II at Kakoma …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mubende district is looking for over 98 million Shillings to construct a juvenile centre and a reception centre for children offenders. According to the Mubende district community development officer Maria Ndagire, they are facing a challenge of a place where they can detain the children below …

Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team from the Ministry of Agriculture has blamed the repeated flooding in Karamoja to poor land management. John Lodungokol, the Assistant Commissioner crop production in the Ministry of Agriculture told URN on Sunday that the environmental degradation in Karamoja was the main cause of …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region on Sunday morning retrieved the dead body of a 20 year old Stewart Lubega, a resident of Budhumbuli west ward in Northern division, Jinja city who died in a septic tank. It is reported that Lubega had gone to rinse clothes …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Elegu township in Amuru district are holding a 44-year-old Ugandan who has been on a wanted list of serial child abductors and traffickers in the country. The suspect, Bakaki Yunusu alias Kabbu was arrested early on Saturday morning from his hideout home at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Traffic Police has warned the newly elected members of parliament who will be sworn in starting Monday to strictly come with one vehicle or else risk being turned away. The elected members for the incoming 11th parliament who were elected on 14th January are …

  Emyooga beneficiaries in Maracha district are demanding to know the continued delay in the remittance of the funds Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 100 Emyooga beneficiaries from different groups in Maracha district on Friday stormed the offices of Chief Administrative Officer, the Resident District Commissioner and the District Commercial …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Heavy rains characterized with hailstorm have de-roofed two classroom blocks at Kaitandovu primary school in Buyengo sub county, Jinja district. Some of the teachers at the school told URN that the nonstop rains began on Wednesday afternoon to date and they were too incapacitated to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP is demanding that security agencies in the country produce or release over one hundred of their members who were arrested on allegations of planning disruption of President Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony. Joel Ssenyonyi, the party spokesperson said their legal teams are in …

The army will start another phase of forceful disarmament of Karimojong next month if voluntary disarmament by the locals remains low. Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 3rd Infantry Division of the Uganda Peoples Defense Force-UPDF in Moroto has received only two guns after asking the locals to freely surrender …