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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has condemned the brutal killing of a policeman and injury of another in an attack at a roadblock in Luwero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway. On Monday at around 12.30pm, assailants armed with machetes emerged from both …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three National Unity Platform (NUP) and Forum for Democratic (FDC) coordinators have crossed to the National Resistance Movement (NRM). The coordinators announced their defection in the presence of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at Moruapesur Primary school during his campaign for the NRM candidate Herbert Edmond …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies yesterday took three suspects to Makerere University to reconstruct the murder scene of Uganda Christian University law student, Bewatte Betungura, during the chaotic guild campaigns. The Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and Crime Intelligence (CI) deployed on routes leading to the guild canteen, …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region on Monday evening confirmed the arrest of 41 youths who are accused of being involved in the protests within Jinja city and Jinja district at large. The suspects are currently detained at different gazetted police stations within the Kiira policing area. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected gang leader in Nansana municipality has been found dead. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identifies the deceased as Erias Kabanda, who has been on the police wanted list for terrorizing people in Nansana municipality in Wakiso district. According to Owoyesigyire, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana has fixed  August 1st 2022 to deliver his decision in the case where 23 members of the National Resistance Movement want the court to declare the decision by their party to exclude them from the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA elections …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An Indian businessman in Kampala is part of nineteen suspected vandals of electricity infrastructure arrested by the joint anti-vandalism task force in Kampala. The joint operations involving the Uganda Police Force-UPF, Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF, and power distributors Umeme commenced last week within Kampala, Wakiso …

Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another fire has gutted a boys dormitory at Iganga high school. The fire is said to have broken out at the entrance of the dormitory at around 5:00am this morning. The fire reduced students’ items such as mattresses, suitcases, books and clothings to ashes. The …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The week started on a chaotic note on highways in the Busoga sub-region as rowdy youth went about erecting barricades to block traffic from moving in either direction. Sections of youths on Monday started by blocking major highways linking surrounding districts to Jinja city, as …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security team comprising the Uganda People’s Defense Forces and police are pursuing unidentified assailants who attacked policemen at a roadblock along the Kampala-Gulu highway. The assailants reportedly stabbed two policemen at the road block in Kiwumpa village, five kilometers to Luwero town council …