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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Henry Kaweesa Isabirye has ordered the parties in the trial of Matthew Kirabo for the murder of his former girlfriend and former Makerere University medical student, Desire Mirembe to file written submissions. He issued the directive when the matter came up on Monday where the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has filed another case at the Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala challenging a decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP to take over a case in which Pastor Aloysius Bujjingo is accused of bigamy. Bujjingo, the Pastor of House of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Health has picked interest in probing the existence and operations of private pharmacies inside Mulago National Referral Hospital. First Pharmacy and Ecopharm are the two privately owned pharmacies selling ‘specialised’ drugs to patients in Mulago Hospital. While meeting Dr. Byarugaba Baterana, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public universities have asked government to increase funding for the living out allowances for government sponsored students. In a meeting with the Committee on Education, the Senior Planner for Lira University, Tom Richard Atim said that since the inception of the university in July 2015, …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents with pupils at Kaitandovu primary school in Buyengo sub-county, Jinja district have staged a peaceful demonstration over the delayed renovation of the two classroom blocks at the school. Heavy rains blew off the roof of the affected classroom blocks in April last year. However, …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyotera police have rescued a four-month-old baby girl from a woman who stole her from her parents in Matugga-Kavule village, Wakiso district on Friday. The suspect is Sandra Nanyonga, a resident of Katwe village in Kalisizo town council. She is locked up at Kalisizo police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the advancement in technology, children have constant access to the news on TV, radio and the internet. And while this should be good, often bad news is thrown in their faces constantly and it’s processed in real-time. Physiatrists believe that this could be one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bars and pubs in Kampala and surrounding areas are undergoing renovation in preparation for the resumption of their operations after spending nearly two years of closure. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni closed bars and all places of social gatherings when he announced the nationwide lockdown in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some former National Resistance Movement-NRM candidates at various levels in Sironko district have pleaded with the party Secretary-General, Richard Todwong to consider them for deployment in the government. These include among others, Herbert Mulekwa, the former Sironko district LC V chairperson, Vincent Weboya, the former …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bwabugwe cultural institution has launched an education fund to support vulnerable children at higher levels of education. The institution has secured over Shillings 15 million from well-wishers within and the diaspora to support the education of vulnerable children who perform well in school but …