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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of farmers in Lokung sub-county in Lamwo district have failed to access their farmlands at the contentious Uganda-South Sudan border point. This follows clashes between Uganda People Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers and South Sudan People’s Defense Forces at Otwilo in Pangira parish near Ngomoromo border …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal Justices have directed the Uganda Prison Services to allow lawyers representing four people convicted of theft of 15.4 billion shillings pension funds to access them in prison. The convicts who were handed sentences ranging from nine to 16 years by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has fulfilled the 100 million shillings pledge he promised the Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization – SACCO of Gulu University staff. The President made the pledge in January this year while officiating at the University’s 15th graduation ceremony that took place …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party is confident on presenting its presidential candidate Nobert Mao for nomination on Tuesday afternoon. Until last week on Friday, many had thought that DP the oldest political party in the country had chickened out of 2021 elections. In the background, the party …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 117 districts across the country are reporting positive cases of COVID-19, yet the disease has spread in all corners of the country according to Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng. Although she doesn’t mention the districts that are not testing, Aceng reveals that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi police are investigating the murder of a 38-year-old man whose body was found dumped along Kashozi road in Nyabubare sub county, Bushenyi district. The deceased has been identified as Vereliano Mukorozi, a resident of Kitojo, in Kakanju sub county, a business man dealing in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched Uganda’s first commercial farm for refugees and host communities in Adjumani district. A resident of the same area, Piros Santos Erwaga last June offered 2000 acres of land to UNHCR in Piroa, Aliwala village in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Operations Uganda Police AIGP Edward Ochom has said that day one nomination for presidential candidates has been a large success due to proper security planning. Three candidates, National Resistance Movement (NRM) President Museveni, General Henry Tumukunde and Alliance for National Transformation’s General …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka High Court has sentenced a man to 35 years jail term for killing his wife. Bennon Bangirana has been convicted for murder by High court judge Justice Victoria Nakintu Katamba. Court heard that Bangirana on 22/9/14 at Bwezitiire village in Lwamagwa sub county …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Principal Judge Dr Flavian Zeija has stayed the implementation of Commercial Court orders directing Diamond Trust Bank Uganda and Diamond Trust Bank Kenya to refund 120 billion shillings and to return properties to businessman Hamis Kiggundu. The Principal Judge on Monday issued …