Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has not recorded any deaths of its citizens following the ongoing conflict in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), which started 10 days ago. According to the Ugandan ambassador to Sudan, Rashid Yahay Ssemuddu, the embassy …
Read More »Minister Kitutu’s Personal Assistant Abaho remanded
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Joshua Abaho the Senior Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs to Luzira Prison on charges of corruption and conspiring with his boss Minister Mary Gorreti Kitutu to defraud the government of its iron sheets. Abaho on Thursday …
Read More »Rape suspect drops dead in Mayuge Police cells
Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East have confirmed the death of 18-year-old, Bernard Ntende, who collasped and died while in detention at Mayuge Central Police Station. According to reports, Ntende was arrested on April 22, 2023, for rape and was detained at the police station. His body …
Read More »ACCIDENT: 42 students injured in Soroti
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty-two students from Nabilatuk district were involved in a motor accident in Gweri Sub County, Soroti District, on Wednesday evening. The students were returning from different schools in Nabilatuk district in the Karamoja sub-region when the Fuso lorry they were traveling in overturned at …
Read More »President Museveni returns Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has returned to Parliament the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023 for reconsideration. In a letter dated 25 April addressed to Speaker Anita Among, which was read to Members of Parliament during a plenary sitting on Wednesday by the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, …
Read More »Mabirizi changes his mind on application seeking end of Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana terrorism trial
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has withdrawn his application seeking to halt the terrorism trial against Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana. Mabirizi cited bias and unequal treatment by the pretrial Judge Alice Komuhangi Khaukha in his withdrawal letter, which Uganda …
Read More »Parliament to investigate energy minister over sh573 billion gold tax waiver
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has resolved to investigate the circumstances under, which the Minister of Energy and Minerals waived tax payment of sh573 billion in gold exports. The motion, moved by the Leader of Opposition (LOP), Mathias Mpuuga on Tuesday, called for the formation of a select …
Read More »UNDP partners with Makerere University on innovation and invention
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As part of the ‘Makerere at 100 celebrations’, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Uganda has signed a development partnership with the university. UNDP is partnering with universities to leverage Uganda’s vibrant public and private universities which can position Uganda as a centre …
Read More »Torture: Man drags wife to Sub County authorities
Kibaale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Kibaale, 40, has sought help from Kayanja Sub County authorities cited repeated beatings by his wife. The complainant, Emmanuel Wandimbo, a resident of Katwetwe village, Kayanja sub-county in Kibaale district, claims that his wife, Juliet Mwesige, has become unruly and has …
Read More »Police rescues UMEME officials from mob action
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga East police have rescued nine UMEME employees who were deployed to disconnect illegal power lines in Iwumba village in Buwaya Sub County in Mayuge district. The UMEME team descended on the area on Wednesday to crack down on illegal power connections where residents …
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