Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has singled out Rupa Sub County in Moroto district for harbouring a big number of cattle rustlers terrorising neighbouring districts. Major Peter Mugisa, the UPDF 3rd division spokesperson, says that being at the border with Turkana in Kenya, Rupa Sub County …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom has through its Local Governments Minister; Christopher Bwanika replaced Moses Tamale Kawombe, the Chief of Kasawo Sub County (Ggombolola), who is accused of alleged involvement in the fraudulent disposal of kingdom land. Kawombe has been replaced with Haji Sulaiman Teefe in an acting …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of Victorious Preparatory school in Kabale district is under fire from education authorities for detaining two primary seven candidates over unpaid fees. The school director Julius Arineitwe and head teacher, Justus Bataringaya and administrator, Godfrey Asasire reportedly detained Swaleh Junior Mayanja, 13, and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The crime report for 2020 has indicated that there was rampant cases of defilement and incest committed. Besides relatives and guardians, the other common defilers were teachers. It emerges from the annual crime police report compiled by Criminal Investigations Directorate -CID that 301 children were defiled by …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gender, Labor and Social Development Minister, Frank Tumwebaze has invited the parallel Bamasaba cultural leaders for dialogue. In his April 16th, 2021 letter, Tumwebaze invites Jude Mike Mudoma and John Amran Wagabyalile for a consultative meeting at the Ministry headquarters on May 4th 2021. Both …
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First round of oral argument ✳ Tuesday 20 April 2021 11.30 to 6 p.m. (DRC) ✳ Thursday 22 April 2021 11.30 to 6 p.m. (Uganda) The Hague, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today started public …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health -MOH has said the Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital will not re-open to the general public this month, as earlier planned. Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary of MOH, told Uganda Radio Network (URN) on Monday that the ministry has asked the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 60 guns suspected to have been used to kill 270 people last year were recovered from thugs according to annual crime report. Criminal Investigations Directorate, in its crime report shows murder by shooting increased by 37.5 percent in 2020. Assistant Inspector General …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bureau of Statistics will now calculate the Consumer Price Index, CPI, (inflation) based on the year 2016/2017 from the previous calculations that were based on the year 2009/2010. This following a rebasing exercise for the price indices to make sure the statistics provided …
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Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district local government is most likely to experience a budget shortfall in the next F/Y 2021/2022. The council has come out with draft budget estimated at 24.5billion shillings, but in the last F/Y 2020/21, the council approved a budget of 28.6b billion shillings. The 2020/21 …
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