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  Kinyara health center III operations have been temporarily suspended Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kinyara health center III in Kabango town council, Masindi district has been closed after eight health workers tested positive for COVID-19. The facility is located within Kinyara Sugar Works Company Limited premises and it serves the company …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale city is holding a man for allegedly defiling a sixteen-year-old girl. The health worker with one of the health facilities in Mbale which police declined to name was arrested on Friday for allegedly defiling his client who had gone to seek medical attention. …

Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Manafwa District Service Commission are on the spot over corruption allegations. The members are accused of soliciting bribes from applicants. Some of the members of the commission include Agatha Nambuya, the chairperson, Joseph Walyaula, the secretary of the commission, Wanjusi Wesiba, a former Minister …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Arua district and city have raised concern about the acts of defiance by night bar operators who continue to flout Covid-19 guidelines. The concern comes after two people were killed in a spate of two days, while one is still being nursed at Arua …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women leaders have asked the New Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah to advocate and support the interests of women in parliament. The Soroti District Woman MP, Anna Adeke says that women were blessed to have a Speaker in the 10th Parliament (Rebecca Kadaga) who was emphasizing …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Land wrangles and welfare of the clergy remain the greatest challenges facing Luwero Anglican Diocese as it marks 30 years of existence. On Saturday, Anglicans will congregate at St Mark Cathedral church in Luwero town council to mark 30 years after the diocese was carved out …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Soroti Municipality MP, Herbert Edmund Ariko has officially joined the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party, four months after losing an MP seat to FDC’s Moses Attan Okia. Ariko who unsuccessfully contested for the Soroti City East MP seat as an independent, joined parliament in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Director of Operations Edward Osiru Ochom has ordered the arrest of all commanders not enforcing the Covid-19 guidelines. Ochom said he has instructed the commander Alert Squad Unit to make impromptu visits to areas under the command of particular officers and apprehend whoever will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six pupils have pinned their headteacher for sodomising them on several occasions. Mpagi Didas alias Bakulu, the headteacher of Real Infant Primary School in Wakiso district is accused of sodomising the children between 2016 and 2019. Mpagi on Thursday appeared before the International Crimes Division Judge, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa has petitioned the National Resistance Movement (NRM) to discipline former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga for going against the party. Kadaga and Nankabirwa were embroiled in a bitter conflict that climaxed with Nankabirwa openly campaigning against Kadaga in two elections including …