Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district probation and welfare department, and residents of Aduku township cell in Aduku town council have decried the increasing cases of child abuse. Moses Opio, the district probation and welfare department officer says that many cases of abuse like child negligence, corporal punishment and defilement …
Read More »Parliament enacts law against human sacrifice
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Prevention and Prohibition of Human Sacrifice Bill, 2020, which provides the death penalty or life imprisonment for any person involved in human sacrifice. The Ayivu County MP, Bernard Atiku tabled the private member’s Bill whose object is to provide for the offence …
Read More »Makerere seeks more time to respond to suit challenging guild election process
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has asked the High Court in Kampala to give it more time to respond to a suit challenging the new directive that altered the guild presidential election process. The directive issued on April 27, by the dean of students Winifred Kabumbuli requiring contestants in …
Read More »Watoto church asked to preserve the historical heritage
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Physical Planning Board has asked Watoto Church to follow guidance from Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to preserve some historical aspects of the church formerly known as Norman Gordinho Cinema. In October 2019, Watoto Church Limited through Symbion Uganda Limited, a multinational architectural firm submitted …
Read More »S. Sudan bandits to face the court martial over illegal possession of firearms
South Sudan bandits were arrested by UPDF soldiers following a botched cattle raid in Lucom village Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four suspected South Sudan bandits intercepted in Orom East sub county in Kitgum district will appear before the Military Court-martial for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, the army …
Read More »Night movement of livestock banned in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Agago district have imposed a ban on night movements with livestock following rampant theft. Leonard Opiyo Ojok, the Agago LC V chairperson says that the decision was reached jointly last week by members of the security and local leaders in the district. The decision …
Read More »Teacher arrested on allegations of sexually abusing six girls
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are holding a former teacher at Step by Step School in Nansana municipality accused of sexually abusing six girls. Luke Owoyesigire, the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, identified the suspect as Moses Mpanga Aldo, a resident of Nansana municipality in Wakiso district. According to …
Read More »21 heads of state to attend Museveni’s swearing in
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 4,042 people including 21 heads of state are expected to attend President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s 6th swearing-in ceremony. Speaking at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Esther Mbayo, the Minister of the Presidency said the decision is aimed at conforming to the standard operating …
Read More »Security heads boycott press freedom day celebrations in Masaka
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security heads in Masaka District on Monday boycotted the World Press Freedom Day celebrations despite being invited. Journalists operating from the greater Masaka sub-region under their umbrella body of South Buganda Journalists Association-SOBUJA converged in Masaka town to commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom Day, …
Read More »Latest deadly ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was declared officially over on Monday, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu. The virus – an often-fatal illness spread through contact with bodily fluids, kills, on average, …
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