Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first Deputy Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Abdallah Semmambo has asked security to refrain from using excessive force while dealing with civilians. Semmambo was speaking at Gadhafi National Mosque in Old Kampala where he led a special prayer ahead of the national elections next week. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Resident District Commissioner for Lira has caused alarm by uttering words which can cause hatred and invite violence among the communities of Uganda. Milton Odongo made his shocking remarks in a speech he gave at a stakeholder’s dialogue meeting on elections, organized by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Namutumba district is investigating circumstances under which five family members perished in a road accident along the Iganga-Tirinyi-Mbale highway. The victims who set off their journey from Bugembe ward in Jinja city were heading for the burial of a distant relative in Budaka …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Resident District Commissioner – RDC Maj. Santos Okot Lapolo is dead. He succumbed to the deadly coronavirus disease – COVID-19. His death was confirmed to URN this afternoon by his family members in Kitgum and Kampala. Lapolo breathed his last from the National Referral …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Old Kampala police station is holding three suspected gangsters who are members of old criminal groups that have been terrorizing the business community in Kisenyi-Mengo in Kampala. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identified the suspects as Katerega Muhammad, Ogutu Bernard and Ngubiri …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Lt Gen Paul Lokech has told Ugandans to strictly vote and go home come the 14th January, polling day. Gen. Lokech was part of the security team addressing a press conference at the police headquarters in Naguru. Lokech says …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unfulfilled pledges by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni are haunting the ruling National Resistance Movement – NRM party in Bunyangabu district. While campaigning in the then Bunyangabu county in 2015, President Museveni who is seeking re-election promised to elevate Katebwa and Kibate health center IIs to …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Thursday ended four-day induction training for 160 newly deployed police officers to help enhance their peacekeeping role in the country. The AU mission said the police officers from Uganda who will be in Somalia for a year were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of peace actors in Turkana and Pokot counties in Kenya have asked the Uganda army to shot and kill any armed Pokot or Turkana pastoralists who cross to steal animals in Uganda. The peace actors made the declaration on Friday in Lokiriama at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Partners for Democracy and Governance Group (PDG) have called for peaceful and credible elections. In a statement issued on Friday, the PDG which comprises of ambassadors from France, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States …