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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A scan recommended by the Uganda Police has revealed that 25-year-old Muhammad Kabanda, who accused Old Kampala Hospital of harvesting his kidney was born without the second kidney. According to an abdominal scan conducted by Associate Professor Kiguli Malwadde, a specialist radiologist at Kampala Imaging …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has suspended movement to and from Mubende and Kassanda districts to control the spread of the Ebola virus. The lockdown will last 21 days. In his address to the nation on Saturday evening, Museveni said there will be no movement from anywhere …

Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Napak district leaders are calling for more relief food from the government and well-wishers to complement the little produce from harvests. The call follows the poor harvest experienced in this planting season. John Paul Kodet, the LCV Chairperson for Napak district says although the government …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Association of Prosecutors (UAP), an umbrella body that links all prosecutors across the country is protesting the arrest of Edwin Mbabazi, the Kabale District State Attorney over allegations of receiving a small bribe of 125,000 Shillings. Mbabazi was arrested on Thursday by a team of …

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bukwo district have arrested two men for attempting to murder a woman over a land wrangle in Kululu village, Aralam parish, Riwo sub county. Aminis Kayondo, the Bukwo district police commander named the two suspects as Patrick Siwa, aged 58 and Micheal Kipsang, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of legislators are mooting a plan to introduce a bill prohibiting Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The move follows the recent approval by the Kenyan Cabinet to lift the 2012 moratorium, that restricted the importation or open cultivation of GMO crops. The decision made …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is pushing ahead with plans to construct a nine billion US Dollar nuclear power plant despite fears about the likely costs. Uganda has planned to include nuclear or atomic energy as part of the energy mix since the early 2000s. In 2008, Parliament passed the …

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The African Commission on Human Rights has called upon authorities in Uganda to stop violating the rights of the indigenous Benet people of eastern Uganda. The Commission also wants the government of Uganda to investigate all the violations against the Benet people and disclose publicly …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Pader district are concerned over the wild temperament of persons (previously) suffering from nodding syndrome. During the commemoration of World Sight Day in Kitgum municipality on Thursday, the chairperson of the district, Retired Colonel Fearless Obwoya, revealed that the survivors are raping women and …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in West Nile under their umbrella body, West Nile Development Association (WENDA) have resolved to adopt vegetable production as an alternative to tobacco. Farmers and locals in West Nile have been stuck to growing tobacco and simsim, as their main source of income over …