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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A concerned citizen Brian Kasaija has petitioned the High Court seeking an order compelling the government not to repay 175 Million Dollars obtained from the World Bank eight years ago. According to Kasaija, the loan which is equivalent to 647.5 Billion Shillings was obtained illegally by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makindye West legislator Allan Ssewanyana has received a five day extension to submit his papers for the race of the presidency of the Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA. This stems from the legislator’s request to the FUFA Electoral Committee to grant him five more days …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 2,000 kilograms of posho that were supposed to be distributed to selected vulnerable people in Pader district are rotting away. The relief food was donated in April last year to support selected categories of people who were hit hard by the impact of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 26 years ago on April 20, 1995, Vincent Otti commanded rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA and massacred 301 civilians by shooting in Atiak. Otti who was the Deputy of the LRA Commander Joseph Kony ordered the killing of innocent civilians in his village to prove …

  Newborn deaths in the country stand at 43 children per 1,000 live births Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities in Gulu district have raised concern over the high number of perinatal deaths commonly known as stillbirths over the past twelve months. A stillbirth is the birth of an infant …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The examination season at Makerere University has ushered in anxiety among students especially finalists who are finding it hard to clear tuition. According to the university policy, each student is required to clear their fees balance before they receive permits granting them permission to access the …

Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 57-year-old man who has been on the run for hacking his biological mother to death in Rubanda district has been found dead. Reuben Ruhamire’s lifeless body was found floating on Lake Bunyonyi on Wednesday following his disappearance on Saturday after hacking his 80-year-old mother, Grace …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mbarara blood donor recruitment officer has been arrested for allegedly causing a financial loss of 42 Million Shillings. Emmanuel Mugarura, 50, was picked on Wednesday by officers from the Inspectorate of Government-IG from Rukungiri. According to the charge sheet, it is alleged that between February …

  Entebbe, Uganda | XINHUA | State-owned Uganda Airlines is set to start direct flights to Johannesburg, South Africa, in a move to expand connections on the African continent. The airline in a statement issued on Thursday said the first flight of the four-times-weekly flights from Entebbe to Johannesburg is scheduled …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The administrators at the Catholic Uganda Martyrs’ Shrines in Namugongo are looking for alternative means through which the faithful will be paying homage to Uganda Martyrs. Rev. Fr. Vincent Lubega, the rector at the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine who also doubles as the parish priest, says since …