Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebel Commander Thomas Kwoyelo has protested the move by the state prosecution to present new documents in court as evidence without prior disclosure to his defense team. Speaking through his defense lawyers on Monday, Kwoyelo alleged that some of the correspondents …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police at Kyambogo University are investigating a racket involving some staff members and students that have been fraudulently changing grades for students with retakes, and adding unqualified individuals to the graduation list. According to information obtained by our reporter, at least eight students implicated for …
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SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten years ago, in-charges of health facilities would make paper-based orders to National Medical Stores (NMS) for medicine deliveries. Quite often, mistakes would happen in making orders and sometimes, these papers would get lost. Moreso, paper-based work was so time-consuming and laborious. In 2019, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) today launched a series of week-long activities, that will include an outreach in Wakiso district, as the country joins the rest of the world to commemorate the International Human Rights Day due on Saturday. Starting today, there …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several government health facilities in Arua city are struggling to offer HIV testing services amidst a shortage of testing kits. The most affected are Pajulu health center III, Adumi health center IV, Ayivuni health center III, Aroi health center III, and Oreku health center II …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba has rejected calls by the Deputy Inspector General of Police-DIGP, Major General Geoffrey Kastigazi Tumusiime to submit another list of people believed to have been abducted by state security agencies. Mpuuga argues that it has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service has failed to present MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana, as had been ordered by court to enable them to sign some documents as required by their lawyers. The two legislators are facing trial for several charges including murder, attempted murder, …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastoralists in Nakonyen village that borders Amudat and Moroto districts have halted the construction of the proposed Shillings 8 billion valley dam project. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries had already cleared about two square kilometers of land to start constructing the valley …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has today revealed its environmental impact under parent company – East African Breweries Limited (EABL)’s – 2022 Sustainability Report to the government, the media and the public. The report – the second of its kind – was prepared under the theme; …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has distanced itself from the action by the Association President, Dr Samuel Oledo, who together with a group of others, donning clinical coats knelt before President Museveni asking him to stand for the presidency again in 2026. Dr Herbert Luswata, …
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