Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least eight worshippers who were attending lunchtime fellowship on Monday afternoon at Fidodido building along Kampala Road are nursing injuries after being hit by a falling ceiling. Fidodido houses a branch of Kansanga Miracle Centre Church. The ceiling caved in as Pastor Charles Kasibante …
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Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kagadi is hunting for a 24-year-old man for allegedly spearing his biological brother to death. The suspect is Muhindo Sikawa, a resident of Muzizi A Vilage Kyaterekera sub county in Kagadi district. He is accused of spearing to death Bwambale Kikawa 26, his …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious and other opinion leaders have been asked to lead post-election reconciliation processes for the recovery of persons traumatised by events from the recent general election. The call was made by the Human Rights Committee of Parliament which is currently conducting public hearings about the …
Read More »Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition in Parliament -LOP, Betty Aol Ocan has distanced herself from the Acholi Parliamentary Group -APG’s endorsement of Jacob Oulanyah for Speakership of the eleventh parliament. Aol told URN during an interview on Sunday from Gulu City that it was not right …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine was early today arrested, and thereafter driven back to his home on the outskirts of Kampala. Together with several members of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Kyagulanyi was walking to the City Square in a …
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Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 38-year-old woman in Yumbe district has died after she was trapped in a bush fire over the weekend. Ramulah Angua the deceased from Kuruga village met her fate as she returned from Gombe Health Center Three in Kululu Sub County where she had sought …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) Examinations enter their third week, the body charged with organizing them has hailed several pregnant candidates for overcoming the odds to write their O levels. The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) in a statement today on social media, …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a poor turn up of learners at several schools in Muhokya sub-county Kasese District two weeks after the government reopened schools for semi candidates. Government allowed the semi candidates to report back after spending more than a year at home because of the …
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Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several Mothers in Amudat district in Karamoja sub-region have a reason to smile following the delivery of two ambulances and one mobile clinic. Moroto and Napak districts also received similar donations from the Dry Land Integrated Development Project for Karamoja with funding from the Office …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 20 stray elephants from Kidepo National Game Park have reportedly invaded Orom Sub County destroying crop gardens and injuring people. Qirino Olum, the Orom Sub County LC III Chairperson told the Uganda Radio Network in an interview over the weekend that the …
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