Lugazi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lugazi municipal council probe committee has pinned town agents for failing the planned realization of local revenue. The thieving agents have gone overboard to the extent that now only 35% of the expected revenue is declared as collected. The probe committee was formed in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six family members who were reportedly abducted at the start of this week are being detained at police’s Special Investigations Unit in Kireka, over their relative’s alleged robberies in Kampala metropolitan area. A case of missing persons was reported to Kireka police station by one …
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Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Napak district is hunting for a group of suspected rustlers who killed the Gombolola Intelligence Security Officer of Lokopo sub-county. John Bosco Lopuli, aged 28 was shot dead on Thursday in Nakichelet village, Akalale parish. Michael Longole, the Karamoja Regional Police Spokesperson confirmed …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Milton Opaco, a news reporter with NTV in Soroti is dead. Opaco who was in his 50s died this morning on his way to Landmark Hotel for the International Criminal Court-ICC meeting. His young brother, Benon Oketch says that Opaco woke up this morning in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Club Pilsener’s Campus themed Club Dome is back in its 6th year bigger, better and more lit after a two-year hiatus. Club Dome which targets campusers and young millennials in tertiary institutions of learning will kick off in Kampala in July this year at the …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A nurse attached to Arua Regional Referral Hospital theatre has been arrested over allegations of abuse of office and receiving a bribe. The nurse identified as Paul Wamala, was picked up yesterday after relatives of a 2-year old child who died last week at the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been selected among the initial beneficiaries of the International Partnerships for Microbicides (IPM), as the developers move to roll out the HIV-preventing vaginal ring in Africa. The flexible vaginal ring which contains Dapivirine, an antiretroviral drug, is inserted in the vagina and left …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Children in Bridge Schools receive 53% more learning over the course of their pre-primary and primary school career, according to the latest study. Launched by the Nobel Prize-winning economist, Professor Michael Kremer, to Heads of State and national Education Ministers at the Education World Forum, …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has tasked the leaders of Sebei, Teso sub region to champion the end against the persistent cattle rustling that is spilling over from Karamoja. According to Museveni, the leaders in these regions plus Karamoja have a duty of ensuring security and peace …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Katikekile seed secondary school in Tapac sub-county, Moroto district has turned into a cattle kraal. The government constructed the Shillings 2.1 billion school between 2017 and 2019. Katikekile seed secondary school is found about 15 kilometers away from Tapac sub county headquarters and about five …
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