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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has blamed the local leaders for endorsing criminals from the community to join the armed forces. Assistant Superintendent of Police Paul Wataka, the Acting Police Commander for Aswa region told URN recently in an interview that the police institution is battling with indiscipline of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All staff members at Uganda Cancer Institute will have to get a COVID-19 jab, the management has announced. A tweet by UCI says that all staff members will be required to get the vaccine. “Because the staff of the UCI is constantly interacting with patients, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Drivers along the Jinja-Iganga highway want police authorities to reinstate the recently degazetted white traffic uniforms which they say were more visible to the road users compared to the khaki type. Mid last month, the chairman of the police uniform committee, Asan Kasingye unveiled a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A senior six student of Comprehensive College Kitetika in Kitetika zone in Kasangati town council in Wakiso district has been found dead. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson has identified the deceased as 18 year old, Jane Nabikolo. Her lifeless body was found …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Woman Parliamentary Association – UWOPA have asked President Yoweri Museveni to urgently assent to the Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed recently by the House. Approved on Thursday this week, the bill seeks to regulate the employment of domestic and migrant workers abroad as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious leaders under the Uganda Joint Christian Council-UJCC have expressed displeasure about the ongoing abuse of human rights especially the murder of Ugandans across the country. The leaders including the Church of Uganda Archbishop Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, Archbishop of Kampala Archdiocese Dr. Cyprian Kizito …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Ministry authorized a pilot study on the catching of synodontis fish locally known as ‘Nkolongo’ in Mukono, Buikwe and Buvuma districts. The decision stems from a public outcry from fishermen about the scarcity of other species of fish such …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) says it has been paying medical bills of supporters who were injured during election violence. Emmanuel Dombo, the party director of communication told Uganda Radio Network that supporters received support in form of transporting them to better medical facilities from …

Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rukungiri police are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a senior four candidate of Rukungiri high school, a day to the completion of her Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE exams. The deceased has been identified as Brenda Ankunda, a resident of Bugangari sub- county in Rukungiri …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament are expected to recognize 14 medics from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital for the successful conjoined twin’s operation conducted last month. The team led by Dr. Joseph Epodoi, the consultant surgeon at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital successfully separated conjoined twins comprising one alive …