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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Politicians and clerics under Busoga Diocese have urged their followers to remain vigilant to combat the increasing instances of crime in their communities. During the Christmas Day celebrations at Christ’s Cathedral Bugembe in Jinja city, both politicians and clergy reiterated the importance of vigilance. They …

Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF have killed three people in Kamwenge district. According to Kamwenge Resident District Commissioner, Isiah Kanyamahane Byarugaba, the suspected rebels raided Nyabitutsi village in Businge parish, Kamwenge sub-county on Christmas night and torched a house in which, three people died. …

Amolatar, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Amolatar have arrested a woman for cutting her husband’s head with a panga over Christmas meat. The suspect has been identified as Milly Acen, a resident of Abutataro village, Alemere parish in Agwingiri Sub-County. It is alleged that Acen was infuriated by the …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region working with local divers have retrieved the bodies of two boys who reportedly drowned in Lake Victoria, along the Masese landing site pier in Jinja city on Christmas evening. It is reported that the duo had gone swimming along the shoreline. However, …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Caretaker Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Luwero, the Rt. Rev. James William Ssebaggala strongly condemned same-sex relationships during his sermon at the Christmas Service at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Luwero Town Council. Ssebaggala, a retired Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Mukono, urged …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity distributor, Umeme Ltd, upgraded to first class, its readiness for power stability around the venues and hotels earmarked for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and G77+China summit in Kampala next month. The summits due to start in just over three weeks will take place at …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | In the scaled-up One Dollar Initiative (ODI), the seeks to obtain at least one dollar, approximately 4,000 Uganda Shillings, from every Ugandan mobile phone user, to mobilize enough money to fund the various HIV/AIDS interventions in the country. Established in Uganda in 2018, ODI is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | December 30th, 2023 will mark three years since the former bomber’s captain Isaac Ssenyange alias Zebra Mando was gunned down by officers under the Joint Ant-Terrorism Task Force (JATT).  Zebra met his death on December 30, 2020, outside his residence in St. Francis Zone, Bwaise III …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met a group of surgeons from Mulago National Referral Hospital who performed the first Kidney transplant in Uganda at the facility last week. The group was led by the Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng met Museveni at State …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious leaders across the country have called upon their followers to use this year’s Christmas to refrain from all behaviors that are antichrist. In their Christmas messages, the leaders said that Uganda is a religious country but many of the acts happening don’t reflect that …