Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region has intensified the search for Shaban Malore’s killers, with the arrest of his seven brothers on Monday bringing the total number of those arrested to ten. The suspects are being detained at different police stations within Jinja city. Malore was shot …
Read More »Former Hoima district engineer under spotlight over UGX 20M
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima district roads committee has ordered the Chief Administrative Officer-CAO to recover Shillings 20 million from the former district engineer, Julius Ssentamu. The was meant for the rehabilitation of 15km Kakindo-Nyamirima road in Kyabigambire sub-county. The Hoima District Committee chairperson and Bugahya County Member of …
Read More »LC3 chairperson shot dead by suspected Karamojong rustlers
Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business is paralyzed in Kotido district following the killing of the Napumpum sub-county LCIII chairperson Paul Lowok. He was gunned down by suspected Karamojong rustlers. Joseph Lokiru, a resident of Napumpum told URN that the deceased was drinking together with his friends on Sunday when he …
Read More »One person, 18 cows dead as anthrax hits Bududa
Uganda Veterinary Association team on surveillance in Elgon region Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Veterinary authorities in Manafwa district have imposed a temporal quarantine following the outbreak of anthrax in Bududa district. One person has since died and thirteen others hospitalized after eating meat of dead animals suspected to …
Read More »Buliisa residents accuse land grabbers of branding them Congolese nationals
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several people facing forceful eviction from their ancestral land in Buliisa are accusing their tormentors of branding them as Congolese nationals. The affected people say that the majority of the land grabbers refer to them as Congolese despite the fact that they have occupied the …
Read More »Acholi cultural leaders warn against fundraising for marriage
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi cultural leaders are discouraging their subjects from fundraising for traditional marriage, saying it is behind the increasing cases of divorce in the sub-region. In the past in the Acholi tradition, a man was dependent on the leaders and elders of his lineage for marriage …
Read More »Kisoro district authorities overwhelmed by Congolese refugees in Bunagana town council
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district security authorities are struggling to evict refugees roaming in Bunagana town council following renewed clashes between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers. Many of the refugees pitched camp in Bunagana town …
Read More »Child abandoned by kidnappers after five months abduction
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A five-year-old girl is undergoing treatment at an undisclosed medical facility in Jinja district after being dumped by her kidnappers. The minor’s mother, Brenda Nakalema says that the kidnappers abandoned Bushira Nambilo in Buwenge town council in Jinja district on Saturday. According to Nakalema, unidentified …
Read More »Kwetarana cooperative union leadership on the spot over misappropriation of UGX 300million
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of Banyakole Kweterana Cooperative Union is on the spot for alleged misappropriation of Shillings 300million. The implicated are Emmanuel Natukunda the Chairperson of the Union, Andrew Kagwa, the Treasurer, and General Manager Nelson Niwahabwa, lawyer Isaac Kato, and Operations officer Elias Rwobusingye. The …
Read More »Archbishop Ssemogerere criticizes attack against journalists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kampala Paul Ssemogerere has castigated the rampant abuses against journalists and called on the authorities to change the trend. He said that media work has numerous challenges where the country has witnessed journalists being beaten by security personnel …
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