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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Muzamil Ismael Mandela, the newly appointed Kadhi of the Acholi Muslim District has pledged to lobby for programs that will spur infrastructural development in Muslim communities within the sub-region. The Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje appointed Sheikh Muzamil Acholi Kadhi two weeks …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Kisoro district are concerned about Congolese refugees escaping from gazetted camps to their country through the Bunagana border. The refugees fled to the Ugandan border district of Kisoro due to fighting between the March M23 Movement (M23) rebels and Armed Forces of …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents neighboring the contested Bugoma forest reserve in Kikuube district are protesting the ongoing boundary exercise. In November last year, the government through the Ministry of Housing, Lands, and Urban Development and the National Forestry Authority-NFA started opening the boundaries of Bugoma central forest reserve. …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal city authorities are stuck with over 250 million Shillings meant for disbursement to Parish Development Model (PDM) groups because of their failure to fulfill some of the requirements. Michael Karwani, the Fort Portal city commercial officer says that none of the 21 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human rights lawyer Francis Tumwesigye Ateenyi wants the Constitutional Court to nullify sections 168(1) (c) and 168(1) d) of the Penal Code Act. The sections provide for rogue and vagabond offenses. Tumwesigye said this in his submission before a panel of five Constitutional Court Justices …

Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Landlords and traders in Kalungu town council are up in arms against the new property rates and business licenses issued by the authorities. Recently, the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA and Kalungu town council conducted an evaluation of commercial buildings and businesses to determine new property rates …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delayed completion of the 89 billion Shillings water project in Ntoroko has raised concern from the district authorities. In 2018, the African Development Bank through the Ministry of Water and Environment launched the construction of the project to supply clean and safe water to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vivo Energy Uganda has launched a campaign dubbed Shell Advance ‘Saawa ya ku yiliba’ which will see boda boda riders win over Shs200million worth of prizes including 12 brand new motorbikes, fuel, and other goodies, the company said on Sept.19 at Kyengera, Kampala. Alex Tusingwire, the head of …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two men have earned themselves a jail term of forty years for attempting to murder a six-year-old boy. Kayunga Chief Magistrate Sarah Tusiime sentenced Awali Kivumbi and Paul Ngwaswireki, both residents of Busolo village in Kayunga district on Monday when she found them guilty of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has pledged to work with Parliament and other stakeholders in implementing its new resolution on curbing traffic accident deaths by 50 percent within a decade. The Head of Safety and Mobility at the World Health Organisation, Dr Nhan Tran, made the …