Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions Jane Frances Abodo says her office is set to proceed and prosecute the Rwenzururu King Charles Wesley Mumbere and his co accused on terrorism related charges. The charges stem from Mumbere’s arrest following a raid by the army on his palace …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is turning to churches to seek their support for the development of Uganda’s oil and gas sector. Climate activists have stepped up their campaigns against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) by targeting the churches and have had an audience with the Pope …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has ordered for the immediate closure of the Supreme Court building in Kololo until further notice. In a memo dated May 31, 2022, the Chief Justice says that following the fire that gutted part of his chambers, there have been water leakages …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition in Parliament-LOP Mathias Mpuuga has asked Ugandans to stop questioning why the National Unity Platform-NUP leadership has not joined Rtd. Dr. Col. Kiiza Besigye, the former Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party president in the protests against the skyrocketing commodity prices. According to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has apologized for the Shs10.6 billion supplementary budget for Uganda Land Commission (ULC) to pay land claimants in Buganda and Bunyoro sub-regions in the financial year 2020/2021. Kasaija admitted that the request for the supplementary was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura and the Soroti District Woman Member of Parliament Anna Adeke, have been further remanded to Luzira prison for staging an unlawful assembly and inciting violence. The others are Suzan Nanyonjo, Mariam Kizito, Among Alice, and Margaret Madanda Wokuri, all Forum …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 300 farmers in Buraru sub county, Hoima district are counting losses after a hailstorm destroyed their gardens. The most affected farmers are from the villages of Ngobye, Burara, Kibingo, and Busanga in Buraru sub-county. They have lost maize, tobacco, cassava, sweet potatoes, beans, …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers in Eastern Uganda have asked Parliament’s Committee on Health to push for improvement in their working conditions citing dilapidated hospital structures and poor accommodation as serious concerns. Buyende District Health Officer (DHO), Dr Frederick Daniel Isabirye said his district, just like others in Eastern …
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Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lyantonde police are holding a driver for knocking dead a Catholic pilgrim while walking to the Uganda Martyrs shrine in Namugongo. Jovita Tukahiirwa, 54, was knocked dead by a speeding Toyota harrier registration number UBH 186F along the Mbarara-Kampala highway. The late Tukahiirwa was part of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee (PAC)-Central Government has thrown out Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital officials for failure to provide several accounting documents. The officials appeared Tuesday before the committee led by the hospital director, Dr. Petersen Kyebambe to respond to audit queries in the Auditor General’s report …
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