Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kyotera have arrested the UNEB manager for PLE station 53 in Kalisizo. It is said that Irene Namono disappeared with the key to the exam container at Kalisizo police station for several hours and was nowhere to be seen by 8:45 am …
Read More »Rampant incest irks church, Archbishop Kaziimba calls for confession
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda Archbishop Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has criticized the rampant cases of incest reported in different parts of the country. “There are fathers, uncles, and cousin brothers in our families who have defiled their daughters and sisters and impregnated them. This is …
Read More »Thieves raid General Gutti’s ancestral home, make off with tractor
Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A combined force of the army and police in Napak district are hunting for the group of unknown thugs who broke into the ancestral home of the General Court Martial chairperson, Lt. General Andrew Gutti and made off with a massey ferguson tractor. The thugs …
Read More »20 cult members remanded in Kapchorwa
Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One Magistrate Court in Kapchorwa has remanded twenty men suspected to be members of a cult. They appeared on Tuesday before Grade One Magistrate Kwizera Vian. They were arrested last week for holding an illegal assembly and unlawful procession. The group led by …
Read More »Parliament declines to withdraw National Health Insurance Bill
PARLIAMENT | Isaac Senabulya | Parliament has declined to support a proposal by the Ministry of Finance to withdraw the National Health Insurance Scheme Bill 2019 which is before the house for processing. The bill was before the house for the first and second reading and a presentation of a report …
Read More »Record TV Uganda officials sign out after 15 years
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Record TV, a commercial television broadcaster in Uganda has closed its operations effective March 31, 2021. The TV was owned by a 67 year old television company based in Sanpaolo, Brazil but with multiple channels across five continents. It has operated in Uganda for 15 …
Read More »Stanbic Uganda announces 2020 financial results
✳ Loans and advances grew by 27% from Sh2.8 trillion (2019) to Sh3.6 trillion (2020) ✳ Customer deposits increased by 16% from Sh4.7 trillion (2019) to Sh5.4 trillion (2020) ✳ Profit After Tax was Sh242 Billion (2020) down from Sh259 Billion (2019) largely due to the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on client …
Read More »Mulago denies ignoring conjoined twins who needed emergency care
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago National Referral Hospital has denied sending away a helpless grandfather of conjoined twins, after failing to separate a dead twin from another who was still alive. The twins were born through Cesarean section more than a week ago at Amuria hospital. At birth, one …
Read More »Byekwaso vows to push KCCA FC to the top
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA FC interim head coach, Morley Byekwaso has vowed to put KCCA FC at the top of the table. He replaces Mike Hilary Mutebi whose contract was terminated. Byekwaso was Mutebi’s assistant coach at the club. Byekwaso believes that he will use his experience of …
Read More »60 Crested cranes killed in Lwengo in two weeks
Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty crested cranes have killed in various wetlands in Lwengo district within a space of two weeks. Dr. Adalbert Ainomuchunguzi, the regional manager of International Crane Foundation (ICF) in East Africa says that they found the bodies of the crested cranes during their survey to …
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