NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Concerned political and religious leaders from Acholi sub region have run to court challenging the presidential directive to lease out Aswa Ranch to private entities and persons as free public land. The petitioners are retired Supreme Court Judge, Galdino Okello Moro, retired Bishop of Kitgum …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A man in Omoro district is in trouble for setting his estranged wife a blaze using petrol leading to her death. The suspect is 41-year-old Job Acellam Okot, a resident of Layibi Go-Down in Gulu Municipality. It is alleged that Okot stormed the residence of …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Stephen Muzeyi Sabiiti, has held a meeting with telecom operators over the fraudulent sim card registration process, which is allegedly aiding crime. Sabiiti, accompanied by police’s Information Communication Technology –ICT expert, said for a long …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Anglican Church under Mukono Socio-Economic Development Programme-MUDI-SEDEP has secured shillings 500 million from Uganda Microfinance support center to construct a modern pig abattoir to add value to piggery products. Construction of the first modern pork slaughter slab in the district is set to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | At the Neonatal Unit of Kawempe National Referral Hospital, a lady who declines to be named sells baby moisturizers and soaps to mothers. But they have one strict instruction; to either carry them in their handbags as they move out or conceal them in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Kampala Metropolitan Policing Area –KMP’s head of Criminal Investigations Department –CID, Johnson Dale Olal, has been appointed alongside 20 others for United Nations –UN mission jobs. At the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police –SSP, Olal is the most senior officer among the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A section of Members of parliament have renewed calls to amend the Public Order Management Act (POMA). On Monday, the Uganda Police Force indicated that its commanders countrywide had been directed to ensure that all meetings of public interest held in private homes obtain …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Police have slapped charges of unlawful assembly against 40 people picked up during protests against the arrest of Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament on Monday. The suspects were picked up in running battles with police following the botched …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The People Power consultation meeting in Lira town has been cancelled. People Power Movement was expected to be in Lira on Wednesday. Addressing the media on Tuesday afternoon, Lira RDC Milton Odongo says that although police granted permission to the team, the meeting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Civil Society organisations under their umbrella the National NGO forum want court to clearly spell out the powers given to Uganda Police Force-UPF under the Public Order Management Act-POMA. According to Civil Societies, the act gives police ambiguous powers that need to be spelt …