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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech has expressed concern over permanent and unmanned roadblocks on the country’s roads. Ever since President Yoweri Museveni declared a lockdown in March last year in a bid to prevent the spread of Covid-19, a number …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Lukaya town council have shunned the new market saying it is far from the well-known trading centre and lacks ample parking space. Some claim that it was poorly built and lacks sufficient space for motorists to park while buying eats and refreshments, fruits …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of the disbanded Special Police Constables-SPCs in Kabale district are threatening to stage illegal operations to extort money from the public citing nonpayment of their allowances. Police recruited the SPCs in December last year to complement its work of law enforcement during this …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Gongobe ward in Seeta town in Goma division, Mukono municipality are demanding compensation from National Water and Sewerage Corporation-NWSC for the destruction of their property resulting from the flashing of the pipes on the Katosi water project. On Monday evening, one of the …

Executive Director CCEDU, Charity Ahimbisibwe argues that it’s CCEDU’s core mandate to do election observation, whether accredited by electoral commission or not Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The NGO Bureau has tasked the Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) to provide an explanation of how it produced a 2021 election …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has received his bulletproof vehicle from Uganda Revenue Authority-URA. The tax body returned the vehicle that they impounded over tax issues following a directive from President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The tax body impounded the vehicle in April after court …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj Gen Paul Lokech, the Deputy Inspector General of Police has listed five mistakes that were made in response to the assassination attempt on the life of the former Chief of Defense Forces-CDF, General Edward Katumba Wamala. Unidentified assailants riding on two motorcycles attempted to …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Hoima city Covid-19 taskforce committee is investigating allegations of extortion against the burial teams in the area. Hoima Resident City Commissioner Samuel Kisembo Araali says that members of the burial team attached to Hoima Regional Referral Hospital have reportedly been charging between 300,000 and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Dr Solomon Gafabusa Rukirabasaija Iguru has suspended his 27th coronation anniversary. The coronation anniversary also known as Empango is commemorated on June 11th annually to celebrate the day Iguru ascended to the throne. It attracts thousands of kingdom subjects …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday appointed his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party’s secretary general, deputy and national treasurer as he moves to constitute the new government. Museveni, who was sworn in on May 12 for his sixth five-year term in office, named the …