Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aleph Hospitality, the leading Dubai-based independent hotel management company, has solidified its presence in Uganda by taking over management of the Best Western Plus The Athena Hotel in Kampala. Best Western Plus The Athena is a contemporary four-star hotel situated in the upscale neighbourhood …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Masaka Regional Referral Hospital Director, Dr. Nathan Onyachi, has acknowledged failure to seek clearance from the Attorney General for a 2.5 billion Shillings variance for the 400 bed Maternity and Children Complex project. Dr. Onyachi and the current hospital director, Dr. James Elima …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP leaders from Busoga sub region on Thursday accused security operatives of brutality, while effecting arrests of protest suspects. Following the remand of 67 suspects on Tuesday evening, police rounded up the trading centers of Namulesa, Mafubira, Nakabango, Lwanda, Wakitaka, Soweto, …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in Luwero and Wobulenzi town councils have resolved to close early and return home following the Monday attack on a police checkpoint. Unknown assailants armed with machetes emerged from both sides of the police checkpoint at Kiwumpa village near Luwero town council and hacked …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of the East African Community have renewed calls to expedite the proposed federation of the member states into a single sovereign government. Founded in 1967 for socio-economic and political reasons, the EAC is an intergovernmental organization composed of seven Great Lakes nations of East …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control-DCIC has deported five Ethiopians who were a fortnight ago arrested trafficked into Uganda by a Kenyan national. The five were intercepted at Entebbe Airport after they failed to explain how they had entered Uganda since DCIC had no …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five suspects who were jointly charged with Members of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana have said that they were tortured to implicate the MPs on charges of murder and terrorism. The suspects revealed this on Thursday while appearing before the court presided over by Lady …
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Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increasing murder cases in Lango sub-region have drawn the attention of the local and cultural leaders. Statistics from the police show that 84 people have been killed in Lango in the last six months. This implies that more than 10 people are killed in …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herbert Edmund Ariko has been elected the Soroti East Member of Parliament. Ariko who contested on the National Resistance Movement-NRM party ticket defeated his closest rival Moses Attan Okia. Ariko garnered 9,407 votes against Attan’s 8,771 votes. The Uganda Peoples’ Congress-UPC candidate, Pascal Amuriat got …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Theft has been identified as the leading offence committed in West Nile sub region over the past six months. According to the police half-year crime report 2022, a total number of 902 theft cases were recorded in the region, contributing to 29.4 percent of all …
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