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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has called on the Uganda Police to put an end to illegal and unconstitutional acts witnessed during public order management. UHRC have summoned the IGP Okoth Ochola to appear before the commission on May 4. In a statement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Financial industry regulators have called for a review of the pension sector regulations to enable retirees to continue benefiting from the retirement benefits fund even after retirement. Currently, on attaining the required qualifications for receiving the benefits, the savers receive all that is due …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have been arrested in Fort Portal for allegedly trafficking 19 children aged between 7-13 years. Vincent Twesige, the Rwenzori West Police Spokesperson, says that Fort Portal Police intercepted a taxi that was ferrying the children from Hima Town Council in Kasese …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of people in Kyanzuki ward, Bulembia division, Kasese, are stranded after the collapse of the Kyanzuki bridge. The temporary bridge was swept away by the flooded River Nyamwamba, cutting off the township from the rest of Kasese Municipality. The original well-structured bridge collapsed …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has not recorded any deaths of its citizens following the ongoing conflict in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), which started 10 days ago. According to the Ugandan ambassador to Sudan, Rashid Yahay Ssemuddu, the embassy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Joshua Abaho the Senior Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs to Luzira Prison on charges of corruption and conspiring with his boss Minister Mary Gorreti Kitutu to defraud the government of its iron sheets. Abaho on Thursday …

Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East have confirmed the death of 18-year-old, Bernard Ntende, who collasped and died while in detention at Mayuge Central Police Station. According to reports, Ntende was arrested on April 22, 2023, for rape and was detained at the police station. His body …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty-two students from Nabilatuk district were involved in a motor accident in Gweri Sub County, Soroti District, on Wednesday evening. The students were returning from different schools in Nabilatuk district in the Karamoja sub-region when the Fuso lorry they were traveling in overturned at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has returned to Parliament the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023 for reconsideration. In a letter dated 25 April addressed to Speaker Anita Among, which was read to Members of Parliament during a plenary sitting on Wednesday by the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has withdrawn his application seeking to halt the terrorism trial against Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana. Mabirizi cited bias and unequal treatment by the pretrial Judge Alice Komuhangi Khaukha in his withdrawal letter, which Uganda …