Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyambogo University has set October 17th as the reopening date for final year students to complete their studies. This also applies to the final year students in their learning centers of Bushenyi and Soroti. The teaching will resume on 19th October and it will last …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has approved a request by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to take over criminal proceedings against Robert Kyagulanyi, the leader of the National Unity Platform. The matter was taken to court by lawyer Male Mabirizi, who accused him of falsifying documents …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Savers with the National Social Security Fund will get an additional 10.75 percent of the value of their total savings held as at July 2020 in form of annual interest. This follows the surprise declaration of the interest rate for the year by the Minister …
Read More »Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 23 year old resident of Rukiga district was last evening lynched by a mob and his two accomplices seriously injured after they were reportedly caught stealing cattle in the neighbouring Ntungamo district. The deceased has been identified as Justus Turyareba, while the injured are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has found Nambole National Stadium liable under occupiers liability principle after a guest who had gone to attend a wedding at the venue, fell in uncovered manhole in the parking area and fractured her leg. Court has given the guest sh11.2million in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After spending a month in cells, two police officers who had been arrested over selling the force’s gun to thugs have been released on bond. Assistant Commissioner of Police –ACP Francis Olugu, who is the commandant of general crimes desk, confirmed to Uganda Radio Network …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) has said it is not yet ready to resume passenger train services due to ongoing works to ensure observing the COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures. The passenger train service was shut down in March this year following the outbreak of COVID-19, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Activists are calling for easing of restrictions on dispensing abortion drug mifepristone, as the world commemorates international safe abortion day. The day is marked on September 28, every year to remind the world of women’s right to access safe and legal abortion. It is based …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two men were killed violently on the weekend in two wrong places in Kampala Metropolitan Area. In Nansana, a man was killed in a bar though all bars in the country are supposed to be closed due to the covid-pandemic, while in Wampewo, another man …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda police Force-UPF has sanctioned four charges against two body guards of Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobwine who have been detained at Wandegeya police station since Friday. Although police arrested them basing on ‘only’ one offence of assaulting police officers on duty, force …
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