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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three suspects are in custody at Fort Portal central police station accused of vandalizing street lights in Uganda’s tourism city. Vincent Twesige, the Rwenzori West Region police spokesperson identifies the suspects as Majid Musisi, Ramathan Kassim and Godwin Mwesige. According to Twesige, the trio that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security operatives from the military and Uganda Police Force are tracing fraudsters accused of conning more than 200 civil servants with promises of study opportunities abroad. The affected civil servants from various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies-MDAs have been receiving calls on landlines from people claiming …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has recieved over 7,400 kilograms of endangered wildlife species products from the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA. The products, mostly pieces of ivory were confiscated over time since 2018 and have been undergoing different procedures including tracing their origins, while some were being used as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of boda boda riders in Kampala are still hesitant to register for training citing the high costs involved. In April this year, the Ministry of Works and Transport, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, and the Uganda Police Force partnered with the Uganda Driving Licencing Agency …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield has said her visit to Uganda this week has no connection to an earlier visit by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov. Speaking to journalists Tuesday, Greenfield said her trip to Africa which will see …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, has suspended Sulaiman Namwoza, a third-year student pursuing Bachelors of Medicine over alleged indiscipline. In a letter dated 1st August 2022, addressed to Namwoza, Prof Nawangwe alleged that the said student convened an online meeting which was attended by …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Landsides have hit Bududa district leaving hundreds of people homeless. Properties including houses, crops and even animals have been buried. Milton Kamoti, the Bududa district LCV chairperson says that at least 50 households have been damaged and over 300 hundred people affected. According to Samson …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death toll resulting from flooding in the Elgon sub-region has increased to 29, the Ministry of Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees has revealed. The disaster followed heavy rains that pounded the Bugisu and Sebei regions on July 30, 2022, forcing several rivers to burst their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Whilst the Premier, Robinah Nabbanja was in Mbale City over the weekend in response to the floods that have displaced scores and killed 24 persons, Speaker Anita Among has directed that the Premier goes back to closely monitor the situation. Floods caused havoc in Mbale and …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Prime Minister-OPM has started distributing relief food to the more than 5,600 people displaced by floods in Mbale district. The affected persons include the 150 households whose homesteads were washed away by floods during the heavy rains that hit the area over …