Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension was high in the city center on Monday afternoon during a joint operation by the Field Force Police –FFP, Crime Intelligence –CI and Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID against scrap dealers suspected of selling stolen copper wires from electrical installations and masts. Dressed in blue …
Read More »Bodies of Ugandans shot dead in Rwanda to be repatriated
Nyagatare, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The bodies of two Ugandan nationals who were shot dead by Rwandan security operatives will repatriated for decent burial on Tuesday. John Bosco Tuhirirwe and Job Byarushaga, both residents of Kamwezi Sub-county were shot dead by Rwandan security at Tabarwe sector in Nyagatare district in …
Read More »Mob justice cases overwhelm Kamuli district
Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamuli are police struggling with a high number of mob justice cases. The latest cases occurred in the past one week where three people were killed in three separate incidents. The Busoga North Police Spokesperson, Michael Kasadha, identifies the deceased as 40-year-old Daaka Kibito, a …
Read More »FULL TEXT: Uganda and DRC sign pact on tourism, security and infrastructure
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni and Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have pledged to work together on joint projects that will provide jobs, facilitate trade, social welfare and security in the region. This will include the construction of …
Read More »Uganda Airlines maiden flight to Mombasa a success
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines on Monday successfully completed a maiden flight to Moi International Airport at the Kenyan coast of Mombasa. The flight UR 342 Entebbe-Mombasa was fully boarded, the airline said. The flight took off at 11:30 am and landed in Mombasa slightly after 1:40 …
Read More »Police brutality prompts FDC, NEC meeting
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has called for an emergency National Executive Committee-NEC meeting to discuss the police brutality targeting their party members, students and journalists. The party Spokesperson, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda told journalists yesterday at their party headquarters in Kampala that the …
Read More »Kigezi Diocese Kampala Chapter non tribal – Bishop Bagamuhunda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Diocese of Kigezi says the purpose for which it formed its Kampala Chapter is far from promoting ethnic-religious fellowship or radicalization in cosmopolitan Diocese of Kampala. The Kampala chapter was started in June to promote the fellowship of Christians from the Diocese of …
Read More »Man arrested in Gulu for defiling 11 year old step daughter
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Gulu have arrested a 33-year-old man, for defiling his 11-year old step-daughter. The minor was defiled on Sunday in Bwobo Aywaya sub ward, Patuda parish, Layibi division in Gulu municipality. The case was reported to Mican police post by Zainabu Atayo, the …
Read More »Rules Committee to summon Prof Nawangwe
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rules Committee of Parliament will invite the Makerere University Vice Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe to testify against Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake. Zaake is accused of insulting Nawangwe when he appeared before the Committee on Education and Sports on Wednesday during the inquiry into the …
Read More »Ministry of Health to role out first batch of community health workers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng says the Ministry will soon embark on a pilot study to establish how effective Community Health and Extension Workers (CHEWs) are in prevention of disease and timely reporting of outbreaks in the community. Aceng who doesn’t …
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