Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 33-year old man who spent six months after being accused of having sex with another man is back in the cells, this time charged with murdering a man who testified against him in the older case. Emmanuel Oweka, a resident of Forgod Parish, Bardege …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people admitted at Kawolo hospital on Monday after sustaining serious injuries in an accident during the campaign trail of the National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu have died. The dead are Jonathan Ssempala and Robert Kigozi. They were among the six people …
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Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate Henry Tumukunde on Monday called off his campaigns in Nwoya and Gulu districts over low turn up of people. Tumukunde was scheduled to address voters in Anaka Town Council in Nwoya district and Awach Sub County in Gulu district. However, the two …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has launched a new report in which countries are being urged to set new targets that will enable them end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Titled, ‘Prevailing against pandemics by putting people at the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people arrested in connection to the recent city protests has increased from 836 to 1,014. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga last week said the number of people arrested on suspicion of sponsoring, organizing, mobilizing and participating in protests stood at 836. However, security …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has filed an appeal petitioning the decision by the East African Court first instance division which dismissed his petition against the removal of the presidential age limit from Uganda’s constitution. Mabirizi filed a 34,800-page record of appeal at the East …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate Gen.Henry Tumukunde has promised change of government in Uganda. Tumukunde who was on Monday afternoon addressing voters in Adjumani and Atiak town councils in Adjumani and Amuru districts said that he has the expertise to get President Museveni out of his office. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prisons spokesperson Frank Baine has warned Ugandans to avoid jumping from ‘the frying pan into the fire’. According to Baine, if you break the social distancing rules and get charged with attempting to spread Covid-19, you will be remanded to prison where infection …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor has challenged government to consult cultural leaders before making legislative decisions in matters that affect their people. “A number of important matters have been brought to parliament which grossly affect culture and other things in Uganda, and about which …
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The Hague, NETHERLANDS | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has postponed the judgment of the former Sinia Brigade Commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group, Dominic Ongwen. The court was set to pronounce its judgment on the 12th January 2021 but a Monday 30th November 2020 …
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