Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police women have expressed disappointment with police leadership for allegedly failing to hold promotions as one of the major resolutions made during the second female police officers conference held over a year ago in Kampala on February 21st, 2020. Some of the senior and junior …
Read More »EC conducting a 2021 election low voter turnout survey
Belief that elections cannot result into change discouraged people from voting Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission (EC) says it’s conducting a study to understand why voters din’t turn up to vote. Cyprian Ogwang, the head of Research and Planning Department at EC says this survey will be …
Read More »Wakiso women stage protest over abducted persons on Women’s day
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso women have peacefully demonstrated to express concern over their missing relatives as their way to commemorate world Women’s day. The grieving women read a list of many missing persons who are not on the list released by Internal Affairs minister Gen Jeje Odongo, and …
Read More »Cattle rustling reduces as the Karimojong return to garden work
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a decline in cattle rustling in Karamoja region, a thing the leaders attribute to garden work. Mark Abuku, the Kaabong district LC V chairperson says that the most active rustlers are now busy clearing their gardens for the planting season. According to Abuku, …
Read More »Ruhaama secondary school gets UGX 292 million grant from Japan
Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ruhaama secondary school in Ntungamo district has received an infrastructural development grant worth Shillings 292 Million from the Japan Embassy. The Japanese government donated the money through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects-GGP. Dr. Stephen Bwekingo Twinomugisha, the Ruhaama school board chairperson signed …
Read More »Severe water crisis hits Omuruti residents in Kasese
Residents are appealing to government to extend piped water to the area Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A severe water crisis has hit Omuruti in Busongora South in Kasese district following the dry spell. The only borehole that used to serve the area is also dysfunctional. About 200 residents in the …
Read More »Kisoro accident claims two football players
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region police spokesperson says Iranatwe died on the spot while Twizere breathed his last this morning Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two footballers attached to the Kisoro based Highland Gorilla Sports Club have died in a motor accident which injured five others. The deceased players are …
Read More »Kasese central market vendors to get two month’s tax holiday
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors are to get a two month’s tax holiday in the newly built Kasese central market when it finally becomes operational. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni commissioned the Shillings 16 billion market during his campaign trail in December last year. Despite this, the market is yet …
Read More »Medical workers abandon health facility for farming in Amuru district
Otici health centre II is operating partially due to the absence of many health workers Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers at Otici health centre II in Guru-guru sub county in Amuru district have reportedly abandoned work for farming. Bosco Ocira, the LC I chairperson Otici village who also doubles …
Read More »Angry youths evict three priests from Oluko Catholic Parish
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business grounded to a halt at Oluko Catholic Parish in Arua district over the weekend when hundreds of Christians comprising youths and women stormed the priest’s residence to eject him and his two colleagues for alleged mismanagement. The angry Christians started mobilizing as early as …
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