Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira police division are holding 21 suspects for allegedly staging a sex party in Kira municipality Wakiso. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango says the suspects were picked up from a private residence in Kireka in the wee hours of Sunday morning. According to Onyango, …
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Sironko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alex Burundo, the Bulambuli County Member of Parliament and dozens of his supporters are in police custody for flouting Covid-19 guidelines. The suspects were picked up on Saturday evening by police in Sironko district while holding a procession. It is alleged that the MP led …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum police are holding a woman for allegedly dumping her eight months old twin boys in a fast-flowing stream. The suspect is Lily Oyella, a resident of Bipong village in Oryang Parish in Labongo Amida sub county. The mother of six reportedly dumped the children …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has ordered a fresh tally of the primary election results for the Kayunga district Woman National Resistance Movement-NRM parliamentary candidate. Justice David Batema issued the order following a successful application by Jackline Birungi Kobusingye challenging the declaration of her rival, Agatha Nalubwama as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A combined team of marine police from Kenya and Uganda have joined forces to search for Ugandan traders believed to have drowned in Lake Victoria on Friday night. According to preliminary information, the 13 Ugandan traders were sailing on a boat with an unspecified number …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has earmarked Shillings 118 million to help schools under its management to comply with the standard operating procedures-SOPs before reopening for candidate classes. Daniel Niwabiine Muhumuza, the KCCA Communication Officer says they want to ensure all the 79 schools under the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butabika Mental National Referral Hospital has registered 1500 patients, the highest number of patients received at the facility in a year according to the Executive Director, Dr. Juliet Nakku. On average, Butabika Mental National Referral Hospital receives about 500 patients annually. However, the facility had …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale district youth delegates have shunned the primary election for the National Resistance Movement-NRM Western Region Youth parliamentary candidate citing gross irregularities. The election has attracted 14 aspirants. They are Agnes Tushabe, Edwin Muzamuzi, Tugume, Joshua Israel Akandwanaho, Gwenny Murungi, Mark Ariho Baitwababo, Elijah Naturinda, …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A teenage girl has committed suicide in Gulu city over domestic conflicts in her family. The 14-year-old primary seven-candidate of Bishop Cipriano Kihangire Primary School in Kitintale Kampala hanged herself following a fight between her father Alfred Oryema and mother Concy Oroma at their home …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ActionAid Uganda wants parliament to investigate the cabinet decision allowing investors to mortgage government land allocated to them for use to ensure that it conforms to the existing land laws. On September 22, 2020, the government issued a set of conditions that will be followed …
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