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Nakalema orders bus companies to refund extorted passengers cash

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The head of the Anti-Corruption Unit, Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema has directed bus operators who had collected money from students that were meant to travel with their companies upcountry and never received the service to refund it to them. Nakalema raided bus parks in Kampala …

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Traffic officers paired with armed FFU personnel

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kampala Metropolitan has started deploying its traffic officers alongside armed Field Forces Unit-FFU personnel. Police through deputy Kampala Metropolitan Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, said the deployment of traffic officers alongside armed colleagues is in response to President Yoweri Museveni’s directive during the State …

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I don’t need help choosing cabinet ministers – Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni told parliament that choosing members of the cabinet is one of the areas where he doesn’t need help. Museveni made the statement days after a list of appointed ministers was released to the public pending approval by Parliament’s Appointments Committee. The …

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Mabirizi challenges president’s Covid-19 directives

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to quash the directives issued by President Yoweri Museveni and Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo suspending several operations due to Covid-19. On Sunday, President Museveni announced a 42-day closure of schools to control COVID-19 …

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LDC defends decision to graduate students without issuing final results

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Law Development Center-LDC has defended its decision to pass out students without showing them their detailed scores. LDC is scheduled to hold its 48th graduation ceremony this Friday. However, in his communication to the students about the virtual graduation, Everest Turyahikayo, the LDC academic registrar …

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500 sorghum farmers in Kwania sign MoU with Global Educational Network

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 500 farmers in Kwania district have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Global Educational Network to grow sorghum on a commercial scale in a bid to eradicate poverty. Washington Onyum, the General Secretary Kwania District Farmers’ Association signed the MoU with Bongomin Zorish …

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Fifty arrested in crackdown on bar night operations

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 50 people are detained in police cells in Ntinda after they were arrested drinking in a bar last night in total contravention of the Ministry of Health guidelines against the spread of coronavirus. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire said that the …

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Rakai man hacks wife to death, hangs himself afterwards

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Katonto village in Ddwaniro sub-county are in shock after a double tragedy in which a man in his late-30’s hacked his wife to death with a panga before killing himself. The gruesome incident occurred last night at around 10pm. The man so far …

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