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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been confirmed dead after being involved in a road accident along the Jinja-Iganga highway. It has been reported that, the victims who were mainly produce dealers were traveling  from Pallisa district to Kampala. They were traveling in a commuter taxi of the …

Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A decision by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF to phase out the Local Defence Unit has left many of them broken and pleading with the authorities not to victimised them.    Lt. General Peter Elwelu, the Commander of Land Forces announced that the UPDF was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The growing gap between the number of vaccines being given in rich countries and those administered through COVAX is becoming more outrageous every day”, the head of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,  has said. Dr Tedros pointed out that while some countries are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kyambogo University Secretary Charles Okello is on the spot for an unauthorized budget alteration on a Norwegian scholarship project. The University officials led by Okello on Monday appeared before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament chaired by Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi to respond …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Newly elected councillors in Luwero district will receive less allowances due to loss in revenue in the next financial year. Each district councillor in Luwero has been entitled to 400,000 shillings for allowances per sitting. After-tax deductions each councillor was getting a net pay of …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Muslim faithful in the Masaka sub-region has sued the mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramathan Mubaje for the alleged sale of Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC land located in Sembabule district.   The group, Masaka District Muslim Assets Defenders led by Hajj Hussein Matovu …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti High Court has recorded six election petitions from the Karamoja and Teso sub-regions. The petitions are from Dodoth East Constituency in Kaabong District, Toroma County in Katakwi district, Soroti East and Soroti West Divisions in Soroti City, Ngora County in Ngora district and Matheniko …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has announced a cash bounty of 10 Million Shillings bounty for anybody who will provide information that will lead to the arrest of the people behind the killing of six lions in Queen Elizabeth National park.  The lions were found dead …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Grace Akullo, the Director of Criminal Investigations, has assigned a homicide team to probe last week’s three separate murders of women in Kasubi, Lubaga Division, in Kampala. Three bodies of unidentified women were burnt on three separate days adjacent to  Kasubi royal tombs, causing panic among …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has warned headteachers and parents about the circulation of fake examination papers ahead of the 2020 Primary Leaving Examination-PLE. Addressing journalists on Monday, the UNEB spokesperson Jennifer Kalule noted that the fake papers are being sold by unscrupulous individuals …