Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi District Security Committee has agreed on the deployment of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF to beef security in the district following handwritten leaflets allegedly from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The leaflets were dropped in Kyamuhunga Secondary School, Kyamuhunga Central and Kabingo Model Primary …
Read More »Kasese leaders ask for basic military training to check ADF threat
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Kasese District want the government to revive local vigilante groups to address the threats imposed by the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebels. They are also asking for basic military training to help them escape and engage the enemy in case of any …
Read More »Ugandan military strikes ADF rebel camp inside DRC
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | President Yoweri Museveni announced Saturday that the Uganda’s military helicopters launched an attack on a camp of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, located 60 km from the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “The attack was devastating because it was …
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Farmers tipped to increase barley production
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Agriculture Fred Kyakulaga, has advised farmers to seize the opportunity in the brewery market and increase production for barley, sorghum, and corn Kyakulaga was speaking on Thursday at the second Farmers’ Symposium, organized by Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL). He …
Read More »Mulago nurses, midwives seek clearance for degree courses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at the Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery have complained that the facility that opened in 1955 is stuck with diploma courses even with advances made in clinical training over the years. Eva Nampiima, the Principal at the school said that initially …
Read More »Inadequate remand homes delaying justice for juvenile offenders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of remand homes in most districts in the country has led to delays in the disposal of Juvenile cases, according to the Judiciary Annual Performance Report for the financial year 2022/2023. The report, a requirement under the Administration of the Judiciary Act, 2020 requires …
Read More »Fire guts Hoima Chief Magistrates Court
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted the Hoima Chief Magistrates Court premises in Kijungu cell, Hoima City destroying several case files. The fire which started around 6 a.m. on Saturday is said to have started from the archives of the High Court, a few meters from the Albertine region police …
Read More »Uganda-Tanzania transport corridor gets boost of 20 cargo wagons
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Railways Corporation has received 20 refurbished flatbed wagons which will be used to revive the Kampala-Dar-es-Salaam route. The wagons were refurbished by a Ugandan company; MOFR Engineering Solutions Ltd at a cost of just over 1 billion Shillings (288,000 US Dollars) provided by …
Read More »Karamoja gets its first cultural leader
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elders in the Karamoja sub-region have for the first time appointed a cultural head. Until the appointment, the Elder’s Council was the supreme body in charge of the cultural affairs of the region. The Karamoja Cultural Leader, to be known as Papaa Angasuban was selected by representatives of …
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