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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Nakawa Chief  Magistrate’s Court  has issued a second set of  criminal summons against Molly Katanga and her Daughter Martha Nkwanzi, requiring them to appear in court and be charged with the murder of businessman Henry Katanga. The summons were issued  on Monday by …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An engineer who was traditionally introduced by his loved one at a Okuhingira at the weekend has perished in an accident at Kahunga trading center along Ntungamo-Mbarara road . The fatal accident that occurred Sunday afternoon involved two motor vehicles UBN375Q Subaru Forester white in …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The committee tasked to implement the eviction of migrant cattle keepers has in the last five days identified nine cattle owners with 830 cattle to exit Gulu and Amuru districts in the second week of the eviction exercise.  It was reported last mont there there …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The operation of Uganda Security Printing Company (USPC) that had been envisaged to aid Uganda’s democratic process, may not be ready for the next election cycle – 2026, the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs heard on Friday. The committee that had visited the …

Dubai, UAE | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of Energy Ruth Nankabirwa will on Monday launch Uganda’s energy transition strategy at the UN Climate Change Conference or COP28 taking place in Dubai. This time around Uganda hired space for the Ugandan Pavilion at the Dubai Expo where Uganda is showcasing its …

Goma,  DR Congo | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC) Regional Force has started to withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Kenyan contingent, part of the EAC Regional Force, departed from the Goma airport in the eastern North Kivu province on Sunday morning, following the …

Adjumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least six people have been confirmed dead and 11 others severely injured in separate attacks by unknown assailants in the contested Apaa Township claimed by both Adjumani and Amuru districts. The attacks according to information URN obtained happened between Thursday and Saturday in …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo’s RockCity Radio 98.4FM is set for its first official live broadcast on December 11, 2023 just two weeks after the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) gave it a green light to start. The cultural leader of the Jopadhola, HRH Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor will be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A number of reforms proposed to promote the oversight role of citizens over the police have largely remained on paper. This is a key finding in a study conducted by the Network or Public Interest Lawyers -NEPTIL which examined recommendations of police reforms between 1986 …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil society actors have partnered with vendors and market leaders to promote organically grown foods in a bid to promote good health and save the environment. The activists said this on Friday during the climax of a three-day training for selected market leaders …