Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Business School has suspended bags and backpacks at the university campus after a series of explosions in Kampala. On Tuesday morning, suicide bombers detonated two explosions; one at the IPS building along Parliamentary Avenue and another at the Central Police Station in Kampala. …
Read More »Kampala twin blast attackers targeted gov’t offices – MPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have expressed fear that the attacks that rocked Kampala early today, could have been targeting the Parliament building, the police and other government installations in the area. One of the explosions occurred at the IPS building near parliament and the other at …
Read More »Fishermen applaud army for ridding Lake Albert of DRC militiamen
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan fishermen on Lake Albert have applauded the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU personnel conducting operations on the lake for helping to stop the invasion of suspected DRC militiamen from invading them while on the lake. The FPU has been conducting operations against illegal fishing gear on …
Read More »Regional Oil and Gas SME conference kicks off this Thursday in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The much-anticipated East African SME Oil and Gas Conference kicks off Thursday this week, in Kampala, organized by Stanbic Uganda Holdings in partnership with Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, CNOOC, and the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA). Participation will be both …
Read More »Police blames bomb attacks on Allied Democratic Forces
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has attributed today’s twin bombings in Kampala to the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF, a rebel force that has its base in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Just hours after the bombings that have so far claimed the lives of six people including …
Read More »Hippo kills two teenagers in Rakai district
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two teenagers in Rakai district have died in a hippopotamus attack in Lake Kijjanebarola. The dead are Kaggwa Ssekiranda,16, and Godfrey Mugabi,17, both residents of Kirindamariga village in Lwanda sub-county. The two were fishing in Lake Kijjanebarola when the hippo attacked them. It is …
Read More »Lira University launches sexual reproductive health project
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira University with support from Center for International Reproductive Health Training-CIRHT has launched a sexual reproductive health project. Although it was conceived as a joint program by Gulu and Lira University, they later signed a Memorandum of Understanding to independently implement the project at its …
Read More »Kayunga by-elections: Ffeffeka’s son trashes NUP vetting process, set to go independent
Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jamir Kamoga, the son of the late Muhammad Ffeffeka Sserubogo, the former Kayunga district LC V chairperson has decided to go independent after failing to secure the National Unity Platform-NUP party flag. On Monday evening, NUP declared Harriet Nakwede as their candidate for the Kayunga …
Read More »Security bans night movements along Kotido-Moroto road
Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies in Kotido district have banned night movements along the Kotido-Moroto road following the resurgence of armed conflicts. Ambrose Onoria, the Kotido Resident District Commissioner (RDC) told URN in an interview that the resolution followed an increasing spate of attacks along the highway by …
Read More »Farmers in Mubuku irrigation scheme demand transfer of in-charge
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in the Mubuku irrigation scheme in Kasese district are demanding for the transfer of the in-charge of the scheme, Lawrence Tibesigwa over allegations of mismanagement. The farmers under their umbrella body, “Mubuku irrigation settlement farmer’s cooperative society ltd”, accuse Tibesigwa of selling the scheme’s …
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