Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate Gen. Henry Tumukunde has rallied the people of Acholi to pay keen interest in the country’s politics to have an informed view for a better leader and regime change. While speaking to his supporters in Patongo and Kalongo town councils in Agago …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women in Bunyoro want to meet President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over the giveaway of Bugoma central forest reserve to Hoima sugar limited for sugarcane growing. The women want the president to spare time when he campaigns in the region in two weeks time to explain …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten supporters of National Unity Platform-NUP party have been charged with terrorism and remanded for burning Wobulenzi Magistrate Court. The suspects include Godfrey Katongole aged 25 years, Joel Lutankome (22), Charles Ssetooke (24), Abdullah Katumba (34), John Ssemakula (28) and Godfrey Serugo (19). The others …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) in sugarcane growing districts in Busoga to come up with a budget for repair of roads. Kadaga expressed dismay at the state of the community roads in areas where sugar millers operate …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Congress-UPC party has tasked the Electoral Commission to come out openly and explain the violence in campaigns that involves shooting at the public that has claimed several lives. Moses Higenyi, a member of the UPC National Council says the commission has the mandate …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Gulu has arrested a 34-year-old man for knocking dead two people. Justine Odong, a resident of Cubu in Laroo-Pece division in Gulu city was arrested on Tuesday after the Toyota Noah registration number UBB 646P he was driving lost control and rammed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three civil servants in Maracha district are behind bars at Maracaha central police station for being drunk on duty. They are Cornelius Atrici, the senior assistant secretary at Yivu sub county, two teachers Gideon Yandu and Roy Alema all of Ombia Bura primary school in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kabonero sub county, Bunyangabu district have raised concerns about the poor of state of the road to Kibito town council. The most affected roads are, Kibiito-Katoma-Kasunganyaja connecting to Kibiito town council and the sub-county. The road is used by farmers in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 600 South Sudan refugees from the Nuer ethnic community in Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district have been relocated for safety to Palabek refugee settlement in Lamwo district. This follows clashes that broke out between the minority Nuer tribesmen and Kuku ethnic communities …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is set to repair 185 broken boreholes in Amuru district. Amuru district has 548 boreholes of which 30% of them are non-functional after breaking down and developing mechanical problems for several years. Michael Lakony, the Amuru LCV chairperson says …
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