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Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | At least 547 girls have been defiled in Kampala in the last four months according to statistics at Kampala metropolitan police headquarters at Central Police Station.  This covered the period when the country was under a total lockdown, announced by the government as one of …

Iganga,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Incumbent Member of Parliament Kigulu South MP Andrew Kaluya has been arrested after clashes between his supporters and those of the former area MP Milton Muwuma. According to Kaluya’s political assistant Sarah Nalubanga, they had been doing door-to-door campaigns in Bukaye parish on Sunday …

Mityana,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A victim of cybercrime in Gulu is demanding five million Shillings compensation for the harassment, financial harm or emotional trauma she has suffered. Sarah Amito, 26, a resident of Te-Gwana Parish in Gulu East City Division alleges that after she and her six other old school …

Mityana,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Several names of National Resistance Movement (NRM) party voters in Kakindu Sub County, Mityana district have been deleted from the party register and replaced with new ones. This has caused tension among village registrars who claim ignorance about how the new names were included in …

Arua,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Electromax Tororo has delivered four additional generators to Arua, bringing to eight the number of generators in the district. The four generators with the capacity of producing one Megawatt each were delivered to Arua from Tororo over the weekend.  According to reports, 1 million litres …

Mukono,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Aaron Mushengyezi, the new Vice-Chancellor of Uganda Christian University, Mukono is fronting the establishment of an industrial park on the controversial Church land at Ntaawo, in Mukono Central Division. The land measuring about 649 acres was donated to Bishop Tucker Theological College in 1939 …

Rubandaa,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Two supporters of Rubanda East parliamentary aspirant Kenneth Jogo Biryabarema are nursing injuries at Kabale Hospital. The two were reportedly battered by Joseph Awor, an escort to the incumbent area MP Henry Ariganyira Musasizi. Awor who is attached to Counter-Terrorism Police Department is alleged to …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been tasked to advise Ugandans on the most appropriate foods they should take to keep coronavirus diseases like COVID-19 at bay.  David Kabanda, a lawyer working with the Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights, says that while it’s scientifically proven that …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Kabale district are mourning the death of Festo Karwemera, an author and language consultant. Karwemera, 95, died on Sunday morning at Rugarama Hospital where he was rushed on Saturday. Several leaders have described the deceased as a great promoter of Runyankore–Rukiga language …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical interns will be required to undergo mandatory safety training when medical schools reopen. This was revealed by Dr Richard Idro, the President of the Uganda Medical Association-UMA who said it’s one of the conditions given for re-opening. While some course units will be conducted …