Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded to Luzira prison the social media critic and former Rubaga Division Deputy Resident City Commissioner, Herbert Anderson Burora. He was charged with hate speech and malicious information under the Computer Misuse Act. Burora was arraigned Wednesday afternoon …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces have arrested five imposters in the ongoing recruitment drive for military prospects in the eastern region. The suspects were arrested at the Jinja district headquarters, where shortlisted applicants from the districts of Jinja, Mayuge and Namutumba are being screened. The …
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Kiboga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiboga district are holding two directors of Spring of Wisdom Primary school on allegations of murdering two people. The suspects are Bruno Ddamulira and Gladys Nakalyango, both directors of Spring of Wisdom Primary school in Kiboga district while the deceased persons have been …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Armed Karamojong warriors have turned their weapons on cyclists despite a security peace dialogue at the Nakiloro trading centre in the Moroto district. There has been a spate of attacks on road users and the surrounding community in Nakabaat, Nakiloro, and Kakingol among other areas in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has said that the arrested former Resident City Commissioner-RCC of Rubaga Division Anderson Herbert Burora is being charged with hate speech and malicious misinformation. On Monday night, Burora through his X handle posted that there was unknown men who had besieged …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police have arrested a man suspected of having hacked a 4-year-old boy to death at Takajjunge village, Mukono district. The suspect, identified as Dauda Jjumba, reportedly killed a child known as Adam Matovu and dumped his body in a pit latrine. A neighbour …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commander in Chief Yoweri Museveni, has appointed Maj Gen Moses Rwakitarate, to head the committee establishing a museum for Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). Maj Gen Rwakitarate replaces Maj Gen Henry Matsiko who has been the first head of the Implementation Committee for the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tempers flared between backbench MPS and the Executive when Parliament reconvened on Tuesday to consider the Appropriations Bill 2024. The speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among recalled the legislators from recess to reconsider the Appropriations Bill 2024. While the Parliament had approved the Bill in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City Lawyer Steven Kalali has sued the Exodus Cooperatives Savings and Credit Society Limited for subjecting police officers to mandatory and involuntary monthly salary deductions as contributions to the SACCO. In his suit where the Attorney General is listed as the first respondent, Kalali argued …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been arrested in Gulu city after presenting fake academic documents to join the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). The trio was arrested Tuesday morning from Pece War Memorial Stadium in Pece-Laroo Division during a screening exercise for shortlisted applicants from Gulu City, …
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