Kyagulanyi’s lawyers desperately hunt for Museveni to serve him petition Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, runner-up according to the Electoral Commission in the January 14 presidential elections, have spent the whole day looking for the President-Elect Yoweri Tibahaburwa Museveni …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Luwero are hunting for two District National Resistance Movement- NRM party officials over alleged fraud. The officials in trouble are Zenar Nasur, the Luwero District NRM Vice-Chairperson and Wasswa Tamale, the Publicity Secretary for the Party. They are accused of embezzling …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was tension and race for safety in underworld of the city centre as the new Kampala Central Police Station-CPS operations commander, ASP David Nahamya, launched a hunt for suspected street muggers. In the operation that started at 1pm, 35 mostly youthful men were nabbed from Arua …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) is overwhelmed by the numbers of people seeking treatment, yet it’s operating in very limited space and using inadequate equipment. The issue came up as the heart institute, received an Electrocardiogram (ECG) machine from the Rotary Club of Nsangi. The …
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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Pader District have been warned locals against the rampant setting of fire on bushes. The warning follows a weekend inferno in the villages of Aringobom, Agweng East, and Agweng West all in Pader sub-county that razed down seven grass thatched huts. The fire …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mukono is stuck with two mentally challenged pregnant women whose origins are still unknown. One of the woman has been identified as Joan Jolline Akakayo, 20, who dropped at the police station by Joseph Kalurwa the secretary for defense Njerere ward in Ggoma …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is yet to decide when the flood victims in Kasese District will be permanently resettled. In December, the Office of the Prime Minister together with Kasese district local government decided to temporarily relocate all the 289 displaced households spread across the district on …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Law student at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States of America has been remanded to Kitalya Government Prison on charges of unlawful possession of government stores. Joachim Elepu a resident of Namasuba in Wakiso District was arraigned before a seven-member panel of the General …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Laroo Division authorities in Gulu City on Tuesday morning closed UMEME’s Office over failure to pay property tax amounting to 6 million shillings. The premises located along Gulu Avenue was locked at around 8am by a team of enforcement officers led by Moses Abonga, the …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business was paralysed in Rupa Sub County, Moroto district as Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers battled suspected cattle rustlers. The one and half hour gun battle led to the death of one warrior and recovery of 214 herds of cattle and four donkeys. …
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