Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Crime Intelligence have arrested six people suspected to have executed the recent robbery that was captured on CCTV camera in a Chinese national’s residence in Kyambogo, a Kampala city suburb. The suspects posed as National Water Sewerage Corporation -NWSC staff to execute the attack …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has rejected a request by former parliamentary candidate Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu to use newspapers or the court notice board to serve the Kampala Central MP-Elect Muhammad Nsereko documents seeking to overturn his victory. Nyanzi, a candidate of the opposition National …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected outbreak of Coccidiosis has claimed hundreds of poultry birds in Palaro Sub County in Gulu district. The disease has been reported in Palaro trading center, Mede, Oroko and Ongedo parishes. An infected bird manifests with drooping in chicken, flu, difficulty in breathing, discharge …
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Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has given prosecution only one more day to produce its witnesses intended to pin the State Minister for Labor Mwesigwa Rukutana, who failed to appear for the hearing that was scheduled for today. Rukutana is charged with four criminal cases of attempted murder, assault, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations (UACE) started late in most parts of the country this morning despite the good weather. At many schools that Uganda Radio Network (URN) visited, examinations begun after the designated time of 9:00 a.m. In Kampala, Wakiso, Mbarara and many other …
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Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Albertain police are holding seven suspects for their alleged involvement in armed robberies. The suspects were picked up from various places in Kagadi and Kakumiro districts. They are said to be part of the thugs who have been terrorizing mobile money agents in the two …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB officials and teachers are grateful that the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations have kicked off without any interruptions caused by the weather. Ninety-eight thousand and three hundred and ninety four-98,394 candidates in the upper secondary will be writing their UACE examinations. Unlike …
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Report shows how Ugandan political candidates spent on elections SPECIAL FEATURE | IAN KATUSIIME | In a place like Sheema, you can’t win an election if you do not have 1 billion (shillings),” Stephen Katwiromunda, the campaign manager of Dicksons Kateshumbwa, the MP-elect for Sheema Municipality told The Independent on …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rt. Rev. Paul Ssemogerere, the Bishop of Kasana-Luwero Catholic diocese and overseer of Kampala Archdiocesan Overseer has blasted leaders who are busy sharing the country’s natural resources at the expense of the citizenry. According to Bishop Ssemogerere, although Uganda is endowed with natural resources, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On March 12, 2021, two unexpected visitors from Uganda Human Rights Commission turned up at the home of Karim Muganga. They were interested in taking up his torture case. Muganga is among dozens of Bobi Wine supporters who were kidnapped, tortured and released by security …
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