Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new report by the UN Agency for children, UNICEF has shown that one in three young people in 30 countries have been a victim of online bullying, with one in five reporting having skipped school due to cyber bullying and violence. The findings …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security forces have launched a hunt of unidentified Counter-terrorism – CT policeman suspected to have shot dead two people, Merina Tumukunde and Joshua Ntireho Ruhejera at Entebbe Expressway. A report by police and military teams that arrived at the shooting scene at Nambirigwa …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A witness in the murder of musician Moses Ssekibogo alias Mowzey Radio has given contradicting information about the murder suspect Godfrey Troy Wamala. The witness David Ebanget Etoru alias Producer Washington was with Radio on the fateful night at De bar in Entebbe. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The company that was contracted to construct the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA tower says that the construction was done based on the agreed design and drawings. In a statement issued on Thursday, Seyani Brothers & Company Uganda Limited says that it didn’t construct the tower …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Committee on Education and Sports want the ministry of Finance led by the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury-Keith Muhakanizi to answer why shillings 10 billion was directly advanced to the Federation for Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) and not through the National …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 6th Karamoja Cultural celebrations are underway in Amudat district. Karamoja Cultural Day is an annual event celebrated in different districts within Karamoja since 2014. The celebrations commenced on Thursday with arrivals of several participants drawn from Teso, Turkana in Kenya; Toposa and Nyangatom in …
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Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP |Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe with an iron fist from 1980 to 2017, has died aged 95, the country’s president announced Friday. First heralded as a liberator who rid the former British colony of Rhodesia of white minority rule, Mugabe used repression and fear to hold …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people were Thursday night shot dead at Nambigirwa Bridge along the Kampala Entebbe Expressway in mysterious circumstances. Those shot dead have been identified by police as Joshua Ruhegyera Ntereho, a bodyguard, and a one Merina Tumukunde. The second victim was identified by her husband …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Judicial officers have petitioned the Chief Justice Bart Katureebe over a directive scrapping their 30 percent allowances approved by cabinet in 2014. The judicial officers through their umbrella Uganda Judicial Officers Association–UJOA led by their President, Godfrey Kaweesa, say there was improper computation of the …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
