Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine contacts of a Congolese refugee who succumbed to COVID-19 in Kyangwali refugee settlement area, Kikuube district have been quarantined. The suspects include three health workers of Maratatu health center III who attended to the patient when he was admitted at the facility and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of small businesses around educational institutions have been hit by the lockdown because of the absence of students who form the bulk of their customer base. The government ordered all learning institutions to close on March 20, 2020, as part of the measures …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busongora South Member of Parliament Jackson Mbaju Kathika who lost in the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party primaries will contest as an independent candidate in the parliamentary elections. Mbaju lost to Alozious Baguma Kighima who polled 258 votes against Mbaju’s 245. However, Kathika …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Retired Major Stephen Rwakanuma, the Operation Wealth Creation- OWC coordinator in Isingiro district has been granted bail by the General Court Martial. Rwakanuma, who is being charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition was released on a non-cash bail of 10 million …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces –UPDF has barred Local Defense Unit–LDU personnel from daytime security operations. A statement by the newly appointed Defense Ministry Spokesperson, Brig Flavia Byekwaso, says although LDUs who have completed a fresher training are going to be redeployed, their role is restricted …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief Rwot David Onen Acana II has decried inadequate funding which is hindering operations of the Chiefdom. Some building projects of the institution at its headquarters in West Division of Gulu City are on a standstill. The chiefdom’s programs to conduct sensitization …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 43-year-old man accused of hacking two people to death and injuring two others in Kabale District has been arrested. John Mugisha, a resident of Nyamugoma village, Kaharo parish in Kaharo Sub County on Sunday hacked to death his stepmother, Jacenta Birungi and his …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Staff Appeals Tribunal has quashed the dismissal of Dr Juma Anthony Okuku, a Senior Lecturer at Makerere’s Department of Political Science in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences –CHUSS. The Tribunal has ordered his immediate reinstatement into the University Service from …
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Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A village chairman in Rubanda District is on the run after stabbing the defence secretary. Deus Bonane, the Hamurara village Local Council One Chairman in Bubaare sub-county, Rubanda district reportedly stabbed the defence secretary Moses Tumusiime during a fight on Sunday night. Tumusiime, who …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The elevation of Soroti municipality to a city has earned the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga support from Teso region towards her candidature for the position of second Deputy Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement- NRM party. Kadaga’s bid to retain the position gained momentum …
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