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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM party leaders in Fort Portal have distanced themselves from the letter that was written by a section of NRM councilors requesting the National Unity Platform NUP leader, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine, to hold a charity concert with the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from the Karamoja region are mobilizing for increased investments in the area, as a way of solving the persistent problems experienced by local communities. In a meeting held in Kampala on Saturday under the theme; “the Karamoja Spotlight,” aimed at creating more awareness about …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB is seeking options on how to end impersonation in national examinations. UNEB has observed that impersonation is emerging as the new most sophisticated way of malpractice with candidates hiring people to write their exams. For instance, two of the three …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Muslims under the Lango Muslim Community (LMC) have joined the Kibuli faction under the leadership of Sheikh Shaban Galabuzi, the Supreme Mufti. The faction which is currently occupying Lira Primary School land is led by Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf Balinda, the Supreme Kadhi-Lango. …

Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Napak police are holding one of their own for allegedly defiling a primary four pupil of Kapuwat primary school in Iriiri sub-county. The suspect is Joseph Odeke, the Officer in Charge of Criminal Investigations at Iriiri police station. He was picked up on Sunday after …

Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan and South Sudanese authorities have committed to end the cross-border smuggling of fuel. The leaders made the pledge on Friday during a joint cross-border security meeting between the central Equatorial State and the West Nile districts of Moyo, Koboko, and Yumbe held in Yumbe …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will next month conduct a second polio immunization campaign across the country targeting an estimated 8 million children below five years of age. The first national immunization campaign, carried out in January was recommended by the Ministry after a polio variant …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly installed Paramount Chief of Iteso, Paul Sande Emolot Etomeileng, has implored the Iteso to unite and embrace education for the development of Teso. Emolot was enthroned at Soroti Mayor’s Garden on Saturday to replace the former Emorimor, Augustine Osuban Lemukol who succumbed to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UK national broadcaster, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), marked 100 years on Oct. 18 at a time of radical change in the UK. The broadcaster was founded by a group of wireless manufacturers and it began filling the airwaves with its first daily radio …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Muhammad Shaban Galabuzi, the Supreme Mufti has ordered a national wide census of mosques that pay allegiance to his leadership. Sheikh Galabuzi has instructed all district Kadhis who subscribe to the Kibuli faction, to compile and forward to his office registers of all mosques …