Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kasese has arrested a 60-year-old Fred Mutesasira, for allegedly defiling four minors. Mutesasira, a resident of Saluti A cell in Kasese municipality is said to have been luring the minors aged between three and seven years into sexual acts with petty items …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two bodies of fishermen who drowned in Lake Albert in Hoima district have been retrieved. The deceased fishermen are Godfrey Kandole, 30 and another one only identified as Richard 35, both fishermen attached to Kibiro landing site in Kiganja sub county. Their fishing boat reportedly …
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Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cultural leaders in Agago are facing several hurdles as they carry out the year-long operation to arrest and fine commercial charcoal dealers depleting shea nut trees in the district. A team of cultural leaders from fifteen chiefdoms in Agago district on December 15, 2021, embarked …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda has officially launched the Equity Leaders Program (ELP) by admitting its first cohort of 123 top performing scholars from the 43 Districts where the bank has a branch presence. The launch of the Equity Leaders Program, a mentorship and leadership …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Solicitor General has written to the Makindye Chief Magistrates Court seeking a certified copy of proceedings that directed the court to unconditionally release novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. In the letter dated January 6, 2022, Christine Kaahwa while writing on behalf of the Solicitor General says …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reptile conservationists have appealed for the safe handling of stray snakes in homes to help preserve endangered species. Snakes implant a deep-rooted fear in many people. Uganda is home to over 110 venomous and non-venomous snake species. Of those, 15 of the species have been …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Telecom firm, Airtel Uganda, has contributed assorted scholastic items to selected school’s top performers in Primary Leaving Examinations as a starter package to secondary education as schools re-open. The initiative is part of the Airtel Adopt a School Program launched in 2011. So far, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s public debt has risen to 73.8 trillion shillings (about 20.8 billion US dollars), according to provisional figures at the Bank of Uganda up to the month of October 2021. By the end of June 2021, the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development reported …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health has halted construction works at Anyangatir Health Centre III. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, who is also the Lira City Woman MP was on Thursday inspecting different government projects in the city. BMK Construction Company was contracted to construct a maternity ward, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The coronation of Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere as the local ordinary of Kampala Archdiocese Metropolitan See has been set for January 25. The announcement was made by the Archdiocesan Chancellor Rev. Fr Pius Male on Thursday evening. According to Male, the date was chosen by the …
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