Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 17-year-old female employee of Kadena, a prominent pub and the lodge in Kalisizo Kalisizo town council, Kyotera district, is admitted in critical condition after she was stabbed several times in a bloody fight. The incident, that happened at Kadena inside the lodge on …
Read More »Kamwenge police investigate their own over triple murder
Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kamwenge district are investigating circumstances under which a police officer attached to Kamwenge police station shot and killed three people on Saturday morning. The deceased are Tuhise Richard aged 28, a Mukiga by tribe, resident of Bunoga village, Kinoni parish, Busiraba sub county …
Read More »EACOP: Dates set for compensation of pipeline affected persons
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The long-awaited moment for the compensation of people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline has come after the EACOP Company gave a timeline to start and complete the exercise. According to Martin Tiffen, the General Manager EACOP, they expect the compensation process to take …
Read More »South Sudanese warriors kill 2 residents, raid 108 cattle in Lamwo
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected South Sudanese warriors have killed two people and made away with 108 heads of cattle. The incident occurred in Lawiyeoduny village, Madi Opei sub county in Lamwo district on Saturday evening. David Ongom Mudong, the Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson identified the deceased as Joseph …
Read More »Former Iteso cabinet, new ministers bow out of Emorimor interim leadership
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Iteso Cultural Union-ICU cabinet appointed by the former Emorimor has yielded to the rival group that appointed an interim leadership on Wednesday. The cabinet headed by the Prime Minister Augustine Omare Okurut made the declaration on Friday evening during a press briefing at ICU offices …
Read More »Gov’t to inspect schools for implementation of lower secondary curriculum
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Education Standards is to start inspecting the implementation of the revised lower secondary curriculum in schools. The ministry of education introduced a new lower secondary curriculum in 2020, focusing on skills and competencies away from the old curriculum that was theory-oriented. The National …
Read More »Police to develop operational, housing units each financial year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Political Commissar, Assistant Inspector General of Police-AIGP Asan Kasingye says the force leadership will be prioritizing infrastructure development each financial year to address the problem of accommodation and operational units for police officers. According to Kasingye, the force will be allocating money towards construction …
Read More »Minister advises Police ’11th Intake 1996′ to form cooperative
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Cooperatives Ngobi Gume has advised an association of the 11th intake (1996) of the Uganda Police Force to form a cooperative so us to uplift the economic status of all their members. Gume outlined the various benefits their association (class …
Read More »Private pharmacies operating within Mulago hospital evicted
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private pharmacies that have been operating within Mulago National referral hospital have been kicked out following a directive by health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng. The minister instructed the National Drug Authority (NDA) to enforce closure of all private facilities operating within public health facilities. According …
Read More »Jobless chemical engineer commits suicide
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Brian Wetaka, a former student of Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering at Kyambogo University who graduated in 2019, has jumped from the North Hall building at the university and died. Wetaka was a resident of Ntinda and upon his death, he left a note reading …
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