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Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Nakisunga Sub County LCIII Chairperson Mubarak Ssekikubo and four members from the Namuyenje village council committee have been remanded on charges of theft and malicious damage.   They were sued by their fellow resident Justine Nakasujja who accused them of organizing a mob against her, vandalizing …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Criminal Investigations Directorate – CID has dispatched a team of detectives to hunt for poachers in the Murchison National Park. A source at CID intimated to Uganda Radio Network- URN that a team of 13 detectives commanded by Assistant Commissioner of Police – ACP …

Bundibugyo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Over 5000 floods victims in Bundibugyo district are living under appalling conditions following the closure of the Internally Displaced People’s-IDP camps. The affected persons from 900 households mainly from Busunga Sub County were displaced when River Lamiya at the Uganda-DR Congo burst its banks in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Solicitor General Francis Atoke has withdrawn the undersecretary at the Judiciary from a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) session in Parliament over a questionable 398 million Shillings expenditure. The undersecretary Maureen Kasande had been asked to explain an expenditure of 398 million Shillings which lacked …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  An angry mob in Soroti district has lynched a 25-year-old man for allegedly killing his niece in a ritual. Thomas Ekwaru, a resident of Ogolo Village is reported to have killed his three-year-old niece, identified as Loyce Ingedu on Sunday after picking her from her …

Bundibugyo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Political aspirants in Bundibugyo District who want to use songs to promote their interests will have to pay for airplay. Although the relationship between music and politics has existed for centuries, recent guidelines that banned open-air campaigns in the wake of COVID-19 made the two …

Pader, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Heavy rains in parts of Pader district have worsened am already poor road network in the area leaving some of the roads nearly impassable for motorists. Pajule Sub-county Chairperson Brilliant Tito Okello, who is also the Roads Committee chairperson says that many community access and …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Garbage has piled up on various streets in Mbale town, a month after it was elevated to a city status. The garbage is littered everywhere especially at Mbale central market, North Road and Kumi road among other places. The garbage has caused a heavy stench …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A petition filed by former Bubulo West Member of Parliament Tonny Kipoi, to challenge the trial of civilians in the General Court Martial has been dismissed by the Constitutional Court.   Kipoi had run to the courts to challenge section 119 of the UPDF Act, which …

Kotido, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Kotido district are celebrating access to electricity  after Rural Electrification Agency – REA completed connections on Kotido – Abim line. The line was switched to the national grid late last week. The development has excited the residents who are now eager to make …