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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A police constable Davis Taremwa has been charged with two counts of murder, over a shooting that claimed two lives along the Entebbe Expressway, last month. Taremwa appeared before the magistrate’s court in Entebbe yesterday afternoon. The court heard that on September 5, 2019, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda the Most Reverend Stanley Ntagali has presided over his last graduation ceremony as chancellor of Uganda Christian University – UCU. In a graduation ceremony that took place at the UCU Campus on Friday, 1156 students graduated in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Journalists covering the protests against the 15 percent tuition increment were on Friday ordered to delete footage of the arrest of students with disabilities. Both Police and the Military stormed the guild offices where student leaders largely students with disabilities were addressing the press …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has ordered for the unconditional release of 46 Makerere University students who were arrested for protesting against 15 percent tuition increment. Court presided over by the Acting Chief Magistrate Robert Mukanza issued the order on Friday following an exparte application filed …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party has condemned the brutality against Makerere University students. Makerere University students are protesting against the 15% tuition increment policy. It has also called on the military to withdraw from the institution. The ANT Deputy National Coordinator Alice Alaso told …

Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s  Victor Ochen was recently one of three young leaders from Africa that briefed the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) on the role youth can play to promote peace on the continent. Ochen, United Nations Global Goals Ambassador for Peace and Justice and 2015 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Farmers in Lango sub-region have taken advantage of the early rains to plant crops. Previously planting season would begin with first rain in late January and continues until October when the rain would reduce before ushering dry season. But in the recent years, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A total of 120 suspected idlers were arrested on Thursday evening during a security operation in Jinja district. According to Eric Sakwa, the Jinja resident district commissioner, the operation that started after 5.00pm was targeting street kids who allegedly killed a policeman the same …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Authorities in Ibanda municipality have come under fire over the poor state of roads in the area. The roads include Bufunda, Jubilee, Kagongo and Mpiira where the tarmac has developed several potholes. The potholes were last year patched up with murrum and left to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | At least one suspected thug was shot dead in the wee hours of Friday trying to raid a home at Lusanja-Kitezi village, Kasangati town council, in Wakiso district. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, said Kitezi police shot dead the suspected thug raiding …