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Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two soldiers who were allegedly hired to kill a resident of Luweero have been arrested. The two soldiers attached to the Special Forces Command-SFC at Nakasongola Cantonment, have been identified as Private Apiku Jackson and Private Olobo Sadiq. They were allegedly hired by one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement- NRM has asked it’s polling officials to be considerate and grateful that they have a job. The statement followed complaints from a cross-section of polling officials who are managing party primaries about the low pay, for the task. Many raised …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has today recorded it’s highest number of daily Coronavirus infections with 326 people testing positive from tests conducted on Friday. Results released today by the health ministry show that 326 new cases were confirmed bringing the total number of cases reported in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All district chairpersons in the Bugisu and Sebei sub regions lost the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primaries held on Friday. They include George William Wopuwa for Namisindwa district, Simon Peter Wananzofu from Bulambuli, Herbert Mulekwain Sironko and Christopher Songhar in Kapchorwa district, Paul Machinjaji in …

  Plan on for TBN Radio to hit Tororo airwaves soon Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plans to establish the Tororo Broadcasting Network (TBN) got a major boost after organizers of the project last week secured a building to host a radio station, and also completed paper-work to obtain a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Small-scale women traders have decried the way the government handled the lockdown when they were allowed to go back to the market without proper arrangements. When the government locked down the economy on April 1, markets were also closed down as a way of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has summoned musician Bosmic Joyce Otim to response to a suit lodged by Charles Ocaya, a loser in the just concluded NRM primary elections for Chua West County. The summons stem from a suit Ocaya filed on Wednesday at …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda government and the French oil giant Total E&P have reached a major milestone that paves the way for a Final Investment Decision on the production of Uganda’s oil. This came during a meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO …

 Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Declaration of results for the National Resistance Movement-NRM candidates ended in chaos in Mukono district after most of the candidates competing for the positions of directly elected councillors protested the final outcomes. The candidates stormed the tallying desk demanding that the district registrar Benon Ssekanyo …

  Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Jinja district chairman Titus Kisambira has lost the battle for the NRM Flag, according to results from the party primaries held on Friday.  Kisambira was defeated by his political archrival Moses Batwala who polled 75, 545 votes against his 58,669 votes. The other contestants who …