Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bolt Uganda has added a 12-hour time cap for drivers on the ride-hailing platform. The working time limit is in place to ensure that drivers arrive for trips energized and rejuvenated. The restriction on the number of hours also allows drivers to prioritize other engagements …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Special Investigations Unit-SIU Kireka is holding three suspects on allegations of attempting to buy a two-month-old baby for a suspected South Sudanese trafficker in Kampala. The suspects are Gerald Akankwasa, a Wakiso based medical doctor, Kenneth Kayondo and Christine Nambi. Police detectives picked up …
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Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | If for whatever reason you find yourself on Buvuma Islands district, pray that you don’t get admitted to hospital for you may not be comfortable having to lie side by side with a dead body should a patient near you die and the relatives take …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University students are disappointed about the postponement of the real-time online exams to next week. According to the initial program, the students were expected to start writing their exams on Monday, September 13 until September 30, 2021. However, the university postponed the real-time online …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Detectives from Aswa river region police headquarters in Gulu city are investigating the death of a Kenyan trucker in Elegu township at the Uganda-South Sudan border. Hersi Abdiriza, 45, was found dead in his guest house room in Lorikwor West ward, Elegu town council in …
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Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is panic among livestock farmers and residents of Agago district in areas bordering the Karamoja region over the fresh influx of suspected cattle rustlers. According to local leaders, the suspected rustlers began entering the border areas two weeks ago while fleeing from the ongoing …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Child and Family Protection Unit of Arua central police are stuck with a two days’ old baby girl who was abandoned by the mother. The now at large teenage girl delivered the bouncing baby girl at 9am on Monday at the hospital labor suit …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Orthodox church is uncertain when the Greek government will release the remains of the late Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga because of ongoing investigations into his death. The late Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga died in the Greek capital Greece on September 4th, 2021 after a long illness. …
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Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of the Republic of Poland is set to renovate a graveyard left behind by the Polish refugees at Nyabyeya village, Budongo sub county in Masindi district. The graveyard that has 48 graves of some of the Polish refugees who died in Nyabyeya village …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An angry mob in Lira has killed a man for butchering his wife. The mob hunted 53-year-old Denis Alal and killed him for slaughtering his estranged wife, Christine Akello on Monday evening. It all started after Alal while at Anai Ober Cell, Lira City West …
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