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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Locals in Palam sub county in Katakwi district have faulted the police for not considering residents in the area during the recruitment exercise. John Elakat, the area LCI chairperson of Osemua village says that in 2006 when the community agreed to give land to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KRC radio in Fort Portal was on Saturday night switched off under unclear circumstances after presidential candidate Joseph Kabuleta had started speaking. According to a source who preferred anonymity, Kabuleta had been offered free airtime on KRC from 8:30pm to 10:30pm to enable him to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations in Bukedi and Bugisu have asked the government to unconditionally unfreeze the accounts of two Non-Governmental Organizations-NGOs. Last week, the Financial Intelligence Authority froze bank accounts of the Uganda NGO Forum and the Uganda Women Network on grounds that they were financing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Luweero town council have rejected an apology from presidential candidate General Henry Tumukunde accusing him of doing nothing to help the area when he was still in government. Retired General Tumukunde is among the National Resistance Army fighters that waged a liberation war …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Kirunda Kivejinja was born in an aristocratic family that traced its origin from the ancient kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara. He was born at the height of British colonial occupation of Uganda. He undertook Islamic instruction before formal education that took him to India, a newly independent nation. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has embarked on the verification of war claimants in Kitgum district for compensation over the loss of their livestock and properties destroyed during various insurgencies in Northern Uganda. Kitgum LCV chairperson Jackson Omona says that they have received a team from the office …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Jinja city is investigating circumstances under which a security guard attached to Daren security limited was on Saturday night shot dead. The deceased, Rogers Wabuyeka was guarding Space Cafe located along Main Street when two men who were riding on a motorcycle shot …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Michael Gidudu, one of the staff at Mbale Umeme head offices has had his right hand chopped off by angry residents while conducting an illegal operation against illegal connections of power in Busalani and Masaba sub counties in Sironko district. According to Hudson Muhagi, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors at Mulago hospital have removed a big knife that was stuck in the skull of a man who was attacked by thugs along Nakawa-Kinawataka road and robbed  on Wednesday. Ndakayisenge Emmanuel, a 22 year old employee of Pepsi-Uganda working as a turn boy and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Kampala has declared that the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs violated expectations of prosecutors to have their salaries and other benefits increased. The ruling by Justice Musa Ssekaana is a result of a 2018 court case filed by prosecutors organized under …