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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Pader district has recovered a grinding machine worth 35 million Shillings which had reportedly gone missing. The grinding machine was given to the community by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, through the National Agricultural Advisory Services-NAADS secretariat in August 2019, to …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district Village Health Teams-VHTs have appealed to authorities and leaders to intervene and curb the escalating cases of violence against Persons with Disability-PWDs and child mothers. They observed that parents and relatives hide their children born with disabilities indoors in violation of their rights to …

Terego, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three officials working in Terego district have been arrested for allegedly soliciting a bribe worth 5.2 million Shillings from a food supplier. The suspects are Viola Bako, the health assistant of CIlio health centre III, William Bayo, the health assistant of Abajio health centre II …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bernard Oundo has been elected President of Uganda Law Society-ULS taking over leadership from Pheona Nabaasa Wall. With 1,025 votes, Oundo defeated five contestants at the climax of an event held at Imperial Resort Beach Hotel in Entebbe on Saturday. His closest challenger Diana Ninsiima Kibuuka …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Lira has arrested a 24-year-old woman for allegedly stabbing her three-year-old son to death. Cinderella Alum, a resident of Te-Bung cell, Telela ward, Lira-City West Division was arrested on Thursday following the death of Jordan Opio. It’s alleged that on Wednesday, Alum stabbed …

Adjumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Local Government Minister Raphael Magyezi has lauded the integration of South Sudanese refugees and the host communities in Adjumani for undertaking communal farming to boost food security. Selected refugee groups are currently participating in communal farming with host members in the two sub counties of …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A sickle cell clinic at Luwero hospital is struggling to offer medical treatment to patients following the death of its funder. The clinic was set up by Mable Nakato, the Director of Holly Foundation in 2011 to cater for patients from Luwero, Nakaseke and Nakasongola. Nakato, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the government to investigate cases of alleged arbitrary arrests, kidnap and assassinations in the country. This followed a matter raised by Hassan Kirumira, Katikamu County South legislator on the alleged kidnap of Jakana Nadduli, son of former Minister Abdul Nadduli on the 05 …

Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces in Amudat district are hunting for a gang of armed criminals who shot dead a secondary school teacher. David Chelimo, a teacher at Pokot seed secondary school in Karita town council was shot dead by armed criminals who also robbed him. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The court in South Africa has cleared Uganda Cranes Head Coach Milutin Sredojević-Micho of a sexual assault case. Micho was earlier convicted of sexually assaulting a waitress at the Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth on December 7, 2020, where he had gone to attend the …