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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Soroti have impounded four buses of different companies operating in the area while violating Standard Operating Procedures- SOPs. The buses include two from the YY Coaches Company, while the other two belong to Gateway and to Goglon bus companies each. They were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Wasswa, a resident of Ngandu ward in Mukono town is now stuck at Mukono general hospital where he was admitted on Monday evening after he was allegedly severely hit on the head by senior Pastor Joseph Kakande of Christ Ambassador’s Church Ngandu. The Mukono …

  Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five parliamentary aspirants from Luweero and Nakasongola districts have relaunched campaigns as independent contenders after losing the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primaries held last week. The aspirants include Faridah Nakalawa, Zena Ali Merrycillah and Joy Namulindwa who were defeated by Cissy Mulondo for the …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several members of the Village Health Teams from several sub-counties in Bududa are up in arms against the district authorities over the delayed payment of their allowances for the mosquito net distribution exercise. A number of VHTs stormed Bududa district headquarters on Monday demanding the …

Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Livestock farmers in Lyantonde are battling a rare strain of bacterial infections affecting animals in the area. The strain has been identified to be Black Quarter, an infection which stacks the animal’s muscles and blocks blood flow in the veins causing its sudden death. Research …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has given political contestants a 30 day’s ultimatum to remove posters and other forms of advertisements placed in unauthorized areas or else risk facing prosecution. Daniel NuweAbine, the acting KCCA spokesperson says once the ultimatum that started on Monday this week …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Christopher Kibanzanga, the State Minister of Veteran Affairs has been declared the winner of the NRM primaries for Bughendera County. Kibanzanga polled 21,125 votes to beat his closed competitor Acrobat Kiiza Moses who polled 20,272 and Moses Mugisa with 321 votes. The declaration ends days …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Open Forum Initiative-TOFI has petitioned the High Court Civil Division to quash the Rental Rates (Income) Tax Regulations issued by the Finance Minister, Matia Kasaijja in January this year. Uganda Revenue Authority-URA and Attorney General are respondents to the suit. The not for profit …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aviation police at Entebbe International Airport has arrested two drug dealers who were shipping drugs to Cameroon and India. Sources at the airport reveal that National Aviation Services Uganda at Entebbe International Airport received cargo for export from one Mugabi Azaria of Sky Net Worldwide …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East Africa Community (EAC) secretariat and its partner states have unveiled a new mobile application to enable the issuance of the EAC COVID-19 digital certificates that are mutually recognised by the partner states. The app dubbed the Regional Electronic Cargo and Driver Tracking System …