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Kitgum diocese ordains 8 clergy and commissions 41 lay readers

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kitgum diocese on Sunday ordained up to seven deacons, priested one deacon and commissioned 41 lay readers in an ordination service at Kilak Parish in Pader Sub County, Pader district. While  delivering a sermon to the new clergy men and women, the parish priest Kitgum …

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Amuriat campaigns: Five security personnel involved in accident in Kyegegwa

Kyegegwa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Three police officers and two soldiers trailing the convoy of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat has been injured a serious accident in Kyegegwa district.   The five were injured when a police pickup they were travelling onboard overturned at Kyatega village …

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Adjumani CID boss in trouble over frustrating murder investigations

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The commander of General Crimes unit at CID headquarters has ordered for the prosecution of Adjumani investigations boss for allegedly frustrating the murder case of a driver who was shot and killed by Uganda People’s Defence Force –UPDF soldiers. Assistant Commissioner of Police –ACP Francis …

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Residents fault their leaders for neglecting Myanzi– Kassanda road

Kassanda, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Sections of the road joining Myanzi trading center along Mityana-Mubende highway to Kassanda district has remained impassable for now three months.  Residents say whenever the road is worked on, the over 20kilometer stretch takes a short before the murrum and stones are washed away.  Norman …

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Kivejinja an icon of NRM ideology -Rugunda

Bugweri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Uganda’s Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has described fallen second deputy, Ali Kirunda Kivejinja as a true icon of the National Resistance Movement -NRM ideology of service delivery, peace, unity and tolerance. Kvejinja aged 85 years succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday evening. Speaking to …

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Uganda railway museum will showcase its grand past

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kalerwe, a Kampala slum famous for the fruits, vegetables and meat market got its name from the Uganda Railway in the early 1920s.  After construction of Luzira-Kampala six-kilometer railway line in 1914, which took two years because “one of the British builders (was) corruptly selling …

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Dozens turned away from Entebbe airport over the weekend

  Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Close to 50 people who traveled to meet or see off travelers at Entebbe International Airport over the weekend were turned away. It followed a statement issued by Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA on Saturday indicating only three people including the air bound passenger will …

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Kabuleta’s gov’t to give all Ugandans free land titles

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Independent presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleta has pledged to give free titles to all persons holding land in Rwenzori Region to end land grabbing.  Addressing voters in Kasese on Sunday, Kabuleta blamed most of the land conflicts in the region, which often result in deaths on …

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