Peter Wandera is currently in police cells at Busia central police station Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busia district have arrested a man suspected to have poisoned his own two month-old baby while they were in Masafu hospital. The suspect has been identified as Peter Wandera, a 27 year-old …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the National Unity Platform Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has appealed to members of his party, who were elected at different local government levels to stop fighting for leadership positions. Speaking to a delegation of local government leaders from Wakiso district today at his home …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Stanbic Bank Uganda has announced the regional finalists of the National Schools Championship 2021, the bank’s executives said in a notice sent to The Independent on May 07. This competition was started in 2015 as a corporate social investment programme aimed at equipping students with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Judge Wilson J. Kwesiga has today issued criminal summons against two police officers after they failed to appear in court for the second time. The police officers identified as detective AIP Francis Katega and Corporal Viola Nambi, are currently attached to Kyengera and Kabalagala …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are hunting for a group of people who hurled petrol bombs at two motor vehicles in Kireka along the Kampala-Jinja highway. The first incident was reported by one Shafic Mubiru, who was driving a vehicle registration number UAJ 320S. He was attacked along the railway …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Uganda Breweries Limited and National Agricultural Research Organisation have launched a partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation commitment that seeks to establish, foster and promote research and development in the agriculture sector. The MoU signing would promote linkages and partnership for purposes of …
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Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rukiga District council has passed a motion to split Rukiga County into two constituencies. The district started its operations in July 2017 after it had been curved from Kabale district. Since then, it remained both a county and a district. During a council session held …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Washington based International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed Uganda government approached it for another loan and discussions are progressing well. The IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice yesterday revealed that Uganda requested for a three-year loan arrangement. The loan could be in the range of $900 …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several private schools in Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso districts have revised the payment mode for their teachers, as they struggle to keep afloat after the COVID-19 uncertainty. Teachers who sought anonymity told URN that the schools are paying them as low as 2,000 Shillings for …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students of Kilembe Senior Secondary School in Kasese municipality on Thursday staged a demonstration accusing the teachers of absenteeism. The students locked their classes and marched to the office of the Resident District Commissioner protesting teacher absenteeism. Some of the students who spoke on condition …
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