Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 1,970 desks in various schools in Amuru district have been destroyed by vandals and termites. This is part of the findings by the district education and technical departments. The magnitude of destruction includes damaged covers, seats and stands, which require replacement. The assessments …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private Sector Foundation Uganda in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, have awarded selected private sector enterprises for piloting and scaling up innovative models to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in the workplace. The 16 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP has asked the High Court in Kampala to deny bail to businessman Francis Onebe who is accused of murdering his wife. Onebe who is also an accountant is jointly charged with Bonny Oriekot, a private security guard …
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Sheema, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Isingiro ward in Bugongi town council, Sheema district are demanding a refund of their money paid to the town council leadership for hiring a wetland for cultivation. The more than 1,000 residents argue that in August 2021, they each paid 30,000 Shillings to …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several roads in Hoima city are in a sorry state. The roads are virtually unmotorable both during the wet and dry seasons. Composed of East and West divisions, the city’s infrastructure of 680 roads is still wanting at this time when they are used mostly …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five members of the National Unity Platform-NUP in Kasese on Monday were sent back to prison after failing to secure money for their bail. Justice Okumu Jude Muwone had earlier ordered the members who were arrested for alleged treason to pay 500,000 Shillings each as …
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Nakapiripirit, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Nakapiripirit district in Karamoja sub region are investigating circumstances under which PC Enatu Charles, attached to Kakomongole Astu zonal headquarters in Kakomongole sub county, Nakapiripirit district was shot dead by his colleague. The incident that took place on Monday at 6pm in Kokomongole …
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Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have declined to release a sound truck belonging to the National Unity Platform-NUP candidate Harriet Nakwede, for the Kayunga LC V chairperson by-elections. Police and the army intercepted the sound truck at around 8pm on Monday evening as the NUP team was returning from …
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Apac, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Apac Chief Finance Officer, Tom Paul Ekwang and three others are in police custody on allegations of swindling Shillings 400 million meant for paying staff salaries in the district. The others are Tom Adoko, the Human Resource Officer, Sam Atim, the District Education Officer, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The tribunal of the Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC shall resume operations in January 2022, the commission chairperson Mariam Wangadya has revealed. Speaking at the sidelines of the launch of the 2019 and 2020 Commission annual reports on Monday at Sheraton Hotel Kampala, the Mariam Wangadya …
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